Torres del Paine Day 2

Refugio Central - Los Cuernos - Refugio Francés
➡️16,9km ↗️566m 🕙6:19h 🌬🌧

Today is supposed to be an easy day, so we take our time at breakfast and join our neighbor Lorie for some chair yoga. Then we start to make our way through wide grass lands before we follow the path along Nordernskjöld lake. We were told that today's hike was going to be flat, but we soon realize that is only true for the first few kilometers, whereas especially the last section to get to Refugio Francés is really steep. Combined with the constant wind and rain, as well as the focus required to balance over the rocks covering the floor and sometimes to cross one of the many streams that interrupt our path, we struggle to keep our energy and motivation up until the end.
Tonight we stay inside a "dome", which from the outside looks a kibble like a plastic iglu. Inside it is cozy and warm, we even have an oven that we fire up for a little while. Besides that the domo comfortably fits your bunk beds (8 people, two toilets and two showers.Read more