Chalten

After tasting a piece of patagonia with lovely perito moreno we were ready to get hiking. The next day we hopped on a bus toward the quaint mountain town of Chalten.
Nestled within a valley of snow covered peaks, Chalten is an outdoors enthusiast's paradise. All of the trails can be reached by foot a short walk from town. The trails were marked amazingly well. Coming from Peru where mule routes were your best shot at a decent trail, the well groomed trails and clear signs were a welcomed surpise in Argentina. The first day we arrived Dusty and Josh went on a nice hike, I headed to an internet cafe to get my final nursing CEU's caught up before renewing my license. After I finished nursing work I went for a small 5k hike up to a viewpoint. It was lovely and remarkably safe with rangers nearby. The next morning we were planning on getting an early start on a nice hike that would lead us to a lovely viewpoint of Mount Fitz Roy. Rain was pouring down all through the morning and with the heavy hike of Torres Del Paine ahead which nearly guaranteed a few bad rainy days, we decided to sit this rainy one out. We waited till mid morning when the rain let up and hiked up a ways. We didn't see much in the way of mountains. However, the walk was nice and we did see a beautiful pair of woodpeckers. We left Chalten a bit disapointed that we didn't have more time to get deeper into the mountains. But as Josh always says, "have to leave something for next time."