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Our Trip, by the numbers with a photo gallery
Posted by pdittman on February 9th, 2016 in '16 - Patagonia, Chile, Hiking/Trekking

For those more detail-oriented, here’s some numbers, etc. about our trek…

Our GPS trax through the "W".  We started in the west, headed eastward, adding a little squiggle on the last day as a day hike from Hotel Las Torres
Our GPS trax through the “W”. We started in the west, headed eastward, adding a little squiggle on the last day as a day hike from Hotel Las Torres

First, our “W”, we mostly followed the ‘traditional’ “W” circuit – starting on the western branch and heading eastward.   When traveling from Ref. Paine Grande to Ref. Cuernos, we did the central leg, following the path through to the Mirador Britanico.  And we followed the shortcut when trekking from Ref. Cuernos to Ref. el Chileno.  Unfortunately, our plan had been to visit the Mirador Torres del Paine on the morning of 4-Feb, but the morning broke with clouds over the entire Valle Ascensio and the Torres del Paine, so we never did make the full trek into see the towers.

From a numbers perspective, this was a 100 mile trip.   According to the data on Jeanne’s fitbit, we clocked 100 miles, door to door.  That includes everything from our travel days to/from South America, our trekking, of course, and our excursion to Perito Moreno glacier and our exploration of Buenos Aires barrios.

Our longest was something north of 17.5 miles – on the trek from Ref. Paine Grande to Ref. Cuernos – the center leg of the “W” – with our visit to the mirador Britanico in the French Valley.

here’s the full list of fitbit stats:

dateStepsMilesFloorsactivity/hike
28-Jan6,6142.815Fly through Santiago, arrive and dinner in Punta Arenas
29-Jan11,9435.033Arrive Punta Natales, explore town
30-Jan20,9728.8204Enter TDP, boat to Paine Grande, hike to Refugio Grey
31-Jan21,3549.0151Return to Refugio Paine Grande
1-Feb42,27717.7366Hike to Refugio Cuernos via French Valley and Britanico
2-Feb22,6549.5243Hike Refugio Cuernos to Refugio Chileno
3-Feb9,0963.844Hike Refugio Chileno to Hotel Las Torres
4-Feb17,6947.4121Day hike around Las Torres, depart park to El Calafate
5-Feb22,3349.4108El Calafate and Perito Moreno glacier
6-Feb15,4506.521Travel to Buenos Aires
7-Feb10,4034.47San Telmo fair and market
8-Feb18,0827.628Visit Teatro Colon and Cafe Tortoni
9-Feb13,4465.67Recoleta Cemetery and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
10-Feb5,5452.515Return home
 237,864100.01363 

with a final, parting gallery of other photos:

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