Nov 21 2023
Fitz Roy (Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, Mount Fitz Roy, Fitzroy) Rising like a granite cathedral from the windswept plains of Patagonia, Monte Fitz Roy—known to the indigenous Tehuelche people as Chaltén, the “smoking mountain”—stands as one of South America’s most formidable and breathtaking peaks. This 3,405-meter spire, straddling the border between Argentina and Chile, …
Nov 21 2023
Cerro Torre Rising like a stone cathedral from the windswept expanse of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Cerro Torre commands respect from every soul who glimpses its impossible silhouette. At 3,128 meters (10,262 feet), this granite monolith doesn’t just pierce the sky—it challenges it, crowned with a constantly shifting mushroom of rime ice that transforms …
