Paso Solo-Grande
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,259 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 4,045 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,755 ft
- TrailRank
-
66
5
- Min elevation
- 2,147 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 22 hours 52 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1909
- Uploaded
- July 30, 2018
- Recorded
- February 2014
near El Chaltén, Santa Cruz (Argentina)
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Itinerary description
An easy but very rewading scramble to the saddle dividing Cerro Solo and Cerro Grande or, if one prefers, Glaciar Grande and Glaciar Tunel.
Incredible views on Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy.
The track starts from the southern bank of the Torre glacier, which can be accessed substantially in two ways:
- from Campamento de Agostini, crossing the tirolesa on Río Fitz Roy, at the spot where Poincenot drowned;
- from Mirador Maestri, descending to the glacier and crossing it straight from one side to the other. Since advancing past the Mirador is formally forbidden, I avoided to insert this stretch in the track...
In any case, if one has the proper equipment, the tirolesa approach is far simpler and also somewhat exciting...
I called the region covered by this track the "Halle des Bergkönigs", after Griegs Peer Gynt. Namely, without substantially mountaineering difficulties one has access to a unique mountain world. Bear in mind that isolation is extreme here, and it is better to avoid having any accident...
More information can be found in the descriptions of several panoramas connected to this tour:
Grande, Adela, Torre, Fitz Roy
Between glaciers
In der Halle des Bergkönigs
The path to illusion
Incredible views on Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy.
The track starts from the southern bank of the Torre glacier, which can be accessed substantially in two ways:
- from Campamento de Agostini, crossing the tirolesa on Río Fitz Roy, at the spot where Poincenot drowned;
- from Mirador Maestri, descending to the glacier and crossing it straight from one side to the other. Since advancing past the Mirador is formally forbidden, I avoided to insert this stretch in the track...
In any case, if one has the proper equipment, the tirolesa approach is far simpler and also somewhat exciting...
I called the region covered by this track the "Halle des Bergkönigs", after Griegs Peer Gynt. Namely, without substantially mountaineering difficulties one has access to a unique mountain world. Bear in mind that isolation is extreme here, and it is better to avoid having any accident...
More information can be found in the descriptions of several panoramas connected to this tour:
Grande, Adela, Torre, Fitz Roy
Between glaciers
In der Halle des Bergkönigs
The path to illusion
Waypoints
Lake
Waterfall
Panorama
Waypoint
5,170 ft
Snowfield
Summit
Intersection
Comments (5)
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Tengo ganas de ir mas allá de la Laguna Torre, especialmente pasando el mirador Maestri para acercarme más al cerro torre. Veo por tus fotos que el terreno se vuelve bastante plano y creo que esa ubicación es ideal porque tenes de primer plano ese cerro y ves la otra cara del monte Fitz Roy y Poincenot
Quería saber si es posible realizar ese tramo desde Mirador Maestri, gracias
Se puede, pero está prohibido... peligro de avalanchas...
Buenas Alberto, cómo te va?
Te hago una consulta, después de las tirolesas, cuanto se puede avanzar sin la necesidad de equipo para hielo?
Voy ahora en diciembre y quiero salirme un poco de las tan concurridas sendas y además de la vuelta del huemul quería explorar más alla de esa tirolesa, pero quiero evitar llevar crampones, piqueta y demás equipo de nieve.
Gracias!
Se hace todo sin equipo.
Cuidado: con las condiciones de Febrero 2014!