Laguna De los Témpanos y Glaciar vinciguerra en invierno ❄️
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 10.76 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,077 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,536 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,553 ft
- TrailRank
-
63
4
- Min elevation
- 251 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 3 hours 47 minutes
- Time
- 6 hours 56 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2894
- Uploaded
- October 16, 2020
- Recorded
- October 2020
near Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)
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Ya lo hice en varias ocasiones pero ahora quería hacerlo de vuelta con mucha nieve, de hecho mucha nieve acumulada y muy blanda así que no pudimos entrar a la cueva de hielo ya que por acumulación de nieve es peligroso. Y la Laguna rapada de nieve y muy blanda tampoco nos metimos a caminar por encima por precaución . Igualmente los disfrutamos al poder llegar hasta allá. Ahora lamentablemente está disminuyendo a pasos agigantados por el calentamiento global es una pena, por eso hay que ir ver y quedarse un rato y disfrutar lo que hoy es y imaginárselo por qué se llama Laguna de los Témpanos. Tengo una ruta anterior que hice hace un año y medio aproximado y verán que el glaciar está distinto ❄️❄️❄️
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I really enjoyed the trail, it's not that well signposted to begin with but once you cross the river (by bridge) it's very easy to follow (we did not use a guide). I went in late November and the trail was very muddy until the snow line. The views were spectacular. We rented "crampons" which were made of chains with spikes on them and they made the hike significantly easier especially walking on the snow and ice. At the end point (the ice cave) we had to wait until a tour group had finished before entering. We did not use a rope to enter and exit the ice cave but I would only recommend not using one if you are fit and lean. If you'd like to take your own rope all you need is an ice screw and a carabiner, the rope would only have to be 20m max if you wanted to put some alpine hitches in to make it easier to climb. When we went the lake was frozen over but I would not recommend walking on it as you don't know how thick the ice is especially as this was as the season was warming up to summer. We followed the contour around the lake that was already well trodden by previous people. To get back just follow the same path