3-day Alerces Glacier Trekking Traverse (Mt. Tronador)
3-day trekking in Mount Tronador with Lucas, IFMGA guide. Beautiful trails, mountain atmosphere in the refuges, and an ice traverse through Alerces glacier that you won't forget!
Details
Trip Duration
3 days
Mountain Range
Andes
People per Guide
4 people
Trip Level
Intermediate
Offer Period
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec
Type of Trip
Private
Highlights
- Enjoy a breathtaking hiking adventure in Patagonia starting from Bariloche!
- Try your hand at glacier trekking on the stunning Alerces Glacier!
- Climb the stunning Mount Tronador and discover its unique acoustics!
Price per person
Price includes
- Guiding fee
- Transport during the trip
Itinerary
- Day 1: Pampa Linda - Meiling Hut
Pampa Linda, in the valley at the foot of Mount Tronador, is the starting point of your trek. You must walk around 4-6 hours to Otto Meiling hut, depending on the pace. Start walking through forests for a couple of hours, enjoying from time to time the astonishing views of Tronador peak and it’s glacier (and the thundering sounds of ice blocks falling!). After leaving behind the bushline,you reach the myhtical Meiling hut, where will spend the night.
- Day 2: Alerces Glacier crossing
Today we meet at the hut and together we will do the Alerces Glacier crossing. Just a couple of meters away from Meiling hut, the ice starts. Equipped with crampons, harness and rope, we will see the beautiful crossing of Alerces Glacier. The pace is really enjoyable, and if the sky is clear we will see Tronador and surrounding peaks, and Andean condors flying around. Once we get off the glacier, we still have an hour or so hiking to the recently refurbished Rocca hut, where we spend the night.
- Day 3: Rocca hut - Bariloche
Is your last day, in which you go down and back to Bariloche. Have two options here. The first one is to follow the trail down to Pampa Linda, your starting point, and take the bus back to Bariloche. And the other option is going down to Puerto Frias and from there navigated to Puerto Pañuelo in Bariloche in a couple of nice boats over Nahuel Huapi lake.
Other details
Individual technical equipment (crampons , harness, helmet) is included, other equipment (Boots, poles, sleeping bag, etc) is not included.
Cancelation policy:
- More than 40 days prior to departure: 100% refund
- 20-40 days prior to departure: 70% refund
- 10-20 days prior to departure: 50% refund
- less than 10 days: no refund
This type of adventures depends on the weather condition, and there are plenty of factors that can change it partially or totally. The guide has the legal right to cancel the expedition if the weather conditions are dangerous or not appropriate as well as if there is a problem or disability of one of the group members.
About the Guide
I was born in a very remote area of northern Argentina which gave me a special appreciation for the outdoors. When I was 16 my family moved south, closer to the mountains, and I started to climb in the Andes. I've been mountaineering – trekking and climbing – ever since.
I've traveled and climbed throughout Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, the USA, Canada and Europe. I spent two summer seasons working in Aosta, Italy where I completed numerous ascents and climbing on the area.
At some point in my younger years, my career path steered me to the telecommunications industry, scaling towers and fixing cellular systems. But the mountains were never far away and I eventually returned to my roots and become a mountain guide since 2001.
In the winter I focus on being a ski guide around the mountain range and also the volcanoes, this is how I spend part of my time on the winter seasons as well as teaching backcountry ski and avalanche awareness courses.
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