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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–Mar · highs 10–13 °C (50–55 °F)
- J12°5°108
- F13°5°101
- M10°4°131
- A7°2°206
- M4°0°195
- J2°-3°172
- J1°-3°178
- A2°-3°146
- S4°-1°110
- O6°0°146
- N7°2°107
- D10°3°129
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 12 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Southern Patagonian Andes (Patagonian Andes › Southern Andes; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 37 km N of El Chaltén (Departamento de Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jan–Mar
- Country
- Argentina
- Region
- Santa Cruz
- Continent
- South America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- -49.0410, -72.8635
- Route start
- -48.9992, -72.8392
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9131088
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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