Laguna de los Tres

Laguna de los Tres is the glacial lake at the foot of Mount Fitz Roy in Los Glaciares National Park, in Argentine Patagonia. Walkers set out from El Chaltén, about three hours from El Calafate, and the trail runs about 13 miles round trip, climbing about 2,600 feet through lenga forest and past Laguna Capri, ending with a steep scramble over glacial moraine to a turquoise lake below Fitz Roy's granite spires. The whole walk takes most hikers eight to nine hours. Strong wind often sweeps the exposed final climb.