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Torres del Paine

: 01. Day 1. Right at the start by Torres Central. Cloud is covering the Torres del Paine Towers in the background

: 02. Day 1. Walking round the east side of the massif en route to the campsite at Seron

: 03. Day 1. The campsite at Seron has set-up tents with mattresses and sleeping bags for hire. There are also simple meals provided in the building

: 04. Day 2. Above the river Torres between Seron and Rifugio Dickson

: 05. Day 2. Between Camp Seron and Rifugio Dickson there were some lakes which had many Flying Steamer Ducks breeding on them

: 06. Day 2. Rifugio Dickson on a spur of land at the end of the glacial Lago Dickson

: 07. Rifugio Dickson has small rustic rooms and provides simple meals. Alternatively there are set up tents and sleeping bags for hire and independent camp sites. It has a glourious location

: 08. En route between Rifugio Dickson and Camp Perros. Snowy weather can be expected anywhere on the trail at anytime, but the Eastern side of the massif is generally better.

: 09. Day 3. At Camp Perros there are no meals provided so trekkers are provided with a simple 24 hours army ration pack. Although there are tents and sleeping bags for hire by prior arrangement. In addition there are campspots for independent campers

: 10. Day 3. Camp Perros was sited in a Nothofagus forest and was sheltered from the wind. Here is one of the already set up tents for hire with sleeping bags provided.

: 11. Day 4. Leaving the shelter of the forest for the climb up to John Garner Pass from Camp Perros

: 12. Day 4. The final stages of the climb up to John Garner Pass from Camp Perros

: 13. Day 4. Heading down the west side of the John Garner Pass towards Lago Grey and the enormous Grey Glacier which calves into the lake

: 14. Day 4. Just before Rifugio Grey there is a large suspension bridge over a deep gorge. The glacier front in the background is where the Grey Glacier calves icebergs into Lago Grey. Sometimes is is possible to see parakeets in the forest

: 15. Day 5. A male Upland Goose on the Lago Pehoe lake near Refugio Paine Grand

: 16. Day 6. A avalanche coming down the east side of Paine Grande seen from the first viewpoint up Valle Francés (French Valley)

: 17. The Cuernos del Paine towers seen from Camp Britianico up the Valle Francés (French Valley)

: 18. Day 6. The view west from Camp Britanico the Valle Francés (French Valley), a side valley into the heard of the massif

: 19. The Cuernos del Paine from Camp Britanico viewpoint up the Valle Frances

: 20. Day 6. Looking up to the summit of Paine Grande with it’s distinctive mushroom formations of snow from Valle Frances. It is the highest mountain in the massif at just over 3000m,

: 21. Day 6. Looking up Paine Grande and its eastern glaciers from the viewpoint at the bottom of Valle Francés (French Valley)

: 22. Day 6. Looking down onto Lago Nordenskjold from the lower end of the Valle Francés (French Valley)

: 23. Day 7. Looking west down Lago Nordenskjold from its north shore just before the path junction up to the Torres del Paine viewpoint.

: 24. Day 7. Looking towards the 3 granite towers of Torres Del Paine from the Mirador,.which soar some 1800m over the lake at a height of 2640 meters

: 25. Day 7. Another look at the Torres del Paine towers after a long climb up from Camping Francés and now a long descent to the finish at Rifugion Torre Central. About a 12 hour day in all which is usually split into 2 days

: 26. Looking up the Ascensio Valley from near the viewpoint over to the Torres del Paine. You need special permission to go up here but in 1992 the rules were relaxed and I wandered up and over the glacier in the middle to descent to Rifugio Dickson