Paredon Viewpoint Trail — Attraction in El Chaltén

After crossing the bridge you can turn either left or right to reach the top. If you turn right, the trail will lead you to a viewing point from where you can see the entire town. The trail is not signposted but it's impossible to get lost. Turning left is more challenging as the ascent is more steep and the trail is more difficult to follow - I got lost twice. Once it led me to a very steep drop and I had to backtrack and look for an alternative route. I finally found the viewing point and came down the other way (the same way if you turn right after crossing the bridge). The whole loop was 7km long and took me 2 hours to complete. Best done if the wind is...

When we did the Laguna de los tres hike the weather was really bad, so we didn't see Fitz Roy. That's why we decided to do this short hike the day after. You don't have to pay an entrance fee and the view on the Fitz Roy was amazing!! It took us 45 minutes to get there and 40 minutes to go down again.

This is the route we took: After crossing the bridge, you go to the right through the gate (the gate is open). 1/3 of the path is flat. Then you arrive to a place where the path splits up. We took the left one (uphill). From there 1/3 of the path is quite steep but well doable with good shoes. The last 1/3 is uphill but not to...

Beautiful view points as described in other reviews. Recommend tread shoes and walking sticks as a few parts of the climb is very steep, and the trail very sandy, not maintained. Go early before the heat of the day and before the winds pick up. I would say medium difficulty...