This jagged, granite-walled mountain towers 11,000 feet over El Chaltén in Southern Patagonia. Mount Fitz Roy, which typically stands obscured in a haze of clouds, was originally named "Chaltén ...

At the foot of the gargantuan Mount Fitz Roy, trekking trails sprout from the small town of El Chaltén, which is the most popular base for visitors to Los Glaciares National Park. Exemplifying ...

From El Chalten we walked up to Piedra del Fraile and then to Piedra Negra, crossed the col Passo del Quadrado and traversed beneath Fitz Roy to reach the west face. From Piedra Negra we were helped ...

This epic route, fantasised about by anyone who has ever seen a photo of the jagged skyline above El Chalten, was first completed by the dream simul-climbing team of Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell in ...

on Fitz Roy with Jon Griffin. Villanueva also did two new routes on the north face of El Mocho -- Chalten Sin Clecas (450m, 7b) with Gabriel Rocamora; and Chalten Sin Chapas (450m, 7a+) with ...