El Chalten

As you come into El Chaten (on a clear day) you see the famous Fitz Roy Mountain. The town is nothing to speak of...but the mountains were awesome. The park Ranger said that this had never happened before, they were on their 4th straight day of sunshine and clear visibilty of the mountains that are normally clouded over. So he said def. do the Fitzoy hike today (it was 2PM but they have sunlight until 10PM). You can enter all trails from the town...it was great. No park fees, just you and the mountains.
1st day 5 hr hike. Clear skies.
2nd day 8 hr hike. The last part of this hike was straight up for 45 min and on loose rock, oh my knees ont he way down. It was a tough hike but the view was...
3rd day I had booked a glacier walk, hopefully the weather would hold for tomorrow. It did not. However it was pretty cool walking on the glacier ( Glacier Viedma). I would have liked a clear shot of the mountain but the hike was incredible. This was a 12 hour hike. We had to canopy over the water. That was a lot of fun. Everone was so serious becasue I guess if you dropped into the water you would die of hypothermia, but it was just so much fun. Then on the ice we displayed our ice climbing abilites. Which mine were none. Thank god my guide had muscles becasue he was def. doing all the work, it was tough hike but well worth it. The weather we were told was very normal. On the glacier we repeatedly had sun, rain, wind and snow (ice rain), at least now I really can understand what they mean when they say, "This weather is so unpredictable"
Next stop....Bariloche.