Hiking to the Southern Patagonian Icefield, El Chalten – Argentina
I think we may have left the best to last. This trek to the Campo de Hielo Sur or the Southern Icefield is a...
Winter hiking around Mt Fitzroy and Cerro Torre, El Chalten, Argentina
The final stop of our summer in South America was the town of El Chalten. Just to the north of El Calafate, it is...
Perito Moreno Glacier and El Calafate, Patagonia
The Perito Moreno Glacier is located in the Los Glaciares National Park in Patagonia, Argentina. The access point is the busy and sprawling El...
Penguins, stray dogs and a cows head – Killing time in...
So after my painful tooth ordeal in Puerto Natales, we relaxed
for a few days in the area. The town of Puerto Natales is...
Winter Hiking in Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile
This is a rather epic blog post about both just getting to and then exploring a rather incredible place even more so in the...
Snowboarding in Bariloche, Patagonia
Bariloche is in the Lake District in Argentina. It is technically just north of Patagonia
but the name Patagonia brings more evocative images for...
Eating Chilli and other Chilly adventures in Chile
So besides hiking in about 20 national parks and ski touring some cool places we did a lot of duller stuff associated with such...
Snowboarding on Volcano Quetrupillan, Chile
I think this was my favourite volcano of the nine we snowboarded in Chile. It is located in a remote part of the Villarrica...
Snowboarding The High Andes – The Movie
This is the 3rd and final edit from our splitboard ski touring of South America.
In the shadow of Aconcagua, we tour at breathless heights...
Snowboarding Volcano Villarrica, Chile
Well the weather finally cleared up leaving 20cm of fresh snow behind on a perfect bluebird day to ski tour on split boards up...
Pucon, Chile – Termas Geometricas and the National Parks
While waiting for a clear weather window to climb Volcano Villarrica we explored some of the local sights around Pucon. In summer Pucon must...
The magical island of Chiloe, Chile
With the weather hitting a rainy patch we bee lined south to the Island of
Chiloe. With its green forest, lush rolling hills and...