Why this ride
A named mountain-road corridor with sustained elevation change and pass scenery. It links naturally to Los Glaciares National Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
El Calafate to Perito Moreno Glacier
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 64 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 10
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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Editorial context
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Access context
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Seasonal context
Nov-Mar
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. El Calafate
El Calafate is a small town on the southern shore of Lago Argentino, and it is almost entirely about one thing: the ice. Eighty kilometres west, in Los Glaciares National Park, the Perito Moreno Glacier pushes out of the Andes into the lake in a wall of blue ice about five kilometres wide, rising to some seventy metres above the water. Unlike most glaciers it is relatively stable, and every few years it advances far enough to dam an arm of the lake, until the pressure of water breaks through in a roaring collapse. Watching blocks of ice calve from the face and crash into the lake, with a sound like thunder delayed by a second, is one of the great sights of Patagonia.
Read the complete El Calafate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
El Calafate sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Perito Moreno Glacier.
2. Perito Moreno Glacier
The Perito Moreno Glacier is one of the few big glaciers in the world that is not retreating dramatically, and it is also one of the easiest to see. It flows from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field into Lago Argentino in the Los Glaciares National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and ends in a wall of blue and white ice about five kilometres wide and as high as a twenty-storey building above the water. The glacier is named for Francisco Moreno, the explorer, and the sound it makes is part of the experience: a deep, sharp crack like a gunshot, followed by a roar as a chunk of ice the size of a house peels off and crashes into the lake.
Read the complete Perito Moreno Glacier write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Perito Moreno Glacier comes up 64 km in.