Day 2 Torres del Paine W-Circuit

As the second day was the same way back that we came from - namely to Refugio Paine Grande - we decided to add some more distance by visiting the second Mirador Glacier Grey in the morning. After a delicious breakfast (oats for live!) and packing up our tent (like pros again 😎) we left our backpacks at the Refugio. Light as feathers we went up to the Mirador Glacier Grey and this one was even better than the first viewpoint, as it was much closer and allowed you to see the full extend the Glacier from above - majestic!! 😍
After this short morning detour of ~ 7 km we made our way back to Refugio Paine Grande where we had our campsite for the second night. Even though we already knew the way from the day before and even though we were technically going downhill (Grey is higher in altitude than Paine Grande), the way back from Grey was way harder than the way to it the day before 🙃 Not sure if because our legs were a bit tired already, or because the way back had lots of quite steep uphill sections? Or maybe it was that we were almost running the whole trail, trespassing everyone except the actual trail runners on the way😂 🤷🏻‍♀️
We anyways made it to Refugio Paine Grande safe and sound after 18.4km, and decided to call it a day and that we deserve some beers (diligently ignoring the Swiss prices 💸) after pitching our tent. We had some chats with some other hikers, cooked (=boiled water while stretching them legs 😄) for our first try of the freeze-dried meals (which were good!) and had an early night with a good and long sleep again. Who knew you can sleep well when camping? 😉Read more