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This is the easy way, referred by most packaged tour tourists, but you will not see much of the glacier, only its end. A boat trip combined with a glacier trek on the Lago Viedma and the adjacent Glacier Viedma. No longer possible due to the receding glacier as of November 2023.
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6 hr easy round trip that leads to a lake at the base of the dramatic Cerro Torre, which, although only 3,100 m tall, was not summited until 1975, a generation after all the more than 8,000-m Himalayan peaks had been conquered. Cerro Torre's near vertical walls and a permanent, unstable ice veneer at its summit defeated all earlier attempts.
8-hr (mostly easy) round trip from the town. There are outstanding views of the Mount Fitz Roy range along the way. The trail ends at the stunning cobalt-blue Laguna de los Tres, at the base of Mount Fitz Roy. The last 1.5 km of this hike are very steep and exposed to the elements and as a result some hikers choose to overnight at the nearby Campamento Poincenot prior to climbing the difficult last stretch however in good weather its no more than a hard slog uphill, in bad weather it would be very difficult perhaps even dangerous. A 500-m well-marked additional trail winds around to the left of Laguna de los Tres and leads to a spectacular, cliffside overview of Laguna Sucia, some 200 m below Laguna de los Tres. It is possible to shorten this walk somewhat by getting a transfer to Rio Electric (approx $18,000 as of 2026) and starting the walk from there, many walkers do this. A list of businesses offering transfers is available at the bus station.