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 Chaltén Fitz Roy Road
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 213 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 55
- 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 Chaltén
El Chaltén is a young town in a very old landscape. It was founded in 1985, partly to establish an Argentine presence in a region disputed with Chile, and today it is the trekking capital of Argentina, a small cluster of lodges, cafes and gear shops beneath the granite spires of the Fitz Roy massif. Fitz Roy, 3,405 metres, is one of the most photographed mountains in South America, a jagged tower that the Tehuelche people are said to have called Chaltén, the smoking mountain, because clouds so often cling to its summit.
Read the complete El Chalten write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
El Chaltén sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is El Calafate.
2. 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 comes up 213 km in.