Month: September 2012

Day 5 was the final day of our hike, completing the right/east side of the W by viewing the park’s namesake, the Torres del Paine. Torres means “towers” in Spanish, and Paine means “blue” in the Tehuelche Indian language. We began our day about 3:30 AM to arrive at the towers in time for sunrise. It… Continue reading Torres del Paine National Park, Day 5

We departed Los Cuernos on Christmas morning, hiking along the beautiful Lago Nordenskjöld. Then came the most I’ve ever sweated on Christmas Day! Our hike took us from Los Cuernos to Campamento Las Torres (the right/east tip of the W), and much of the day’s hike was through very open areas with no shade. Each… Continue reading Torres del Paine National Park, Day 4

Day 3 was a big day – we hiked up the “middle” of the W, back down it, and over to Los Cuernos refugio area. A big blessing for this day:  since you backtrack a large part of the day’s hike, you don’t have to take your big pack! The day’s hike is a lot… Continue reading Torres del Paine National Park, Day 3

Day 2 took us down the left/west side of the W and part way up the middle section. We left Glacier Grey in the morning (it really looks never-ending) and hiked back to where we started the day before at Paine Grande/Lago Pehoe. It is really beautiful there, but our plan did not allow us… Continue reading Torres del Paine National Park, Day 2

Confession: I had great intentions to finish my South America trip series and wrote the first post about TDP a long time ago. When I hit “save,” wordpress made an error and lost my post! I was super frustrated and just couldn’t bear to try again until now. Here goes… There are two main backpacking… Continue reading Torres del Paine National Park, Day 1