We awoke to a cool, but clear day. We were happy to pack up the soggy tent and get onto the trail again.
We had a shorter day planned for today, especially the uphill section. The toughest climb of the day was probably the steep section up from the lake and then back over to our trail junction for the lake. We continued up toward Paso de la Oveja. At first the trail went through a beautiful meadow.
Eventually, the meadow gave way to scree. I was feeling pretty good on this day, so I was moving ahead of Dad for some time. There was no big rush as this was not expected to be a long day. The views were fantastic once again and there was no reason to complain about a hike like this. The trail was easily discernible, but no trail was really necessary as we slowly climbed up to the pass. Once we got to the pass, it was actually hard to tell we were at the pass because it was such a gradual change. As we moved down and could see the valley below us, we had to pull out the map as the trail went a direction that we did not expect.
Instead of going down the hill, the trail instead traversed the scree. The forest looked so inviting below, but I guess this was a bit easier. The map did not seem to agree with the path of use, but we figured they would eventually meet up. We could see all the way down to the water below. It gave us a good gauge on where Ushuaia was located. This was an amazing valley and after walking up the forested section to get here a couple days earlier, we were happy to be able to not have to fight the brush.
Eventually the trail led all the way over to where we were running out of scree. It was rather steep so I was wondering when we were actually going to go down, because it would probably be pretty steep.
I was right and on a big scree flow, we started switchbacking down in what seemed like an endless amount of switchbacks.
I love the picture of Dad in an endless amount of scree. It looks almost like a Where's Waldo picture with the main difference being that instead of being lost in a crazy amount of people, Dad blends in with the rock. These switchbacks ended with us entering the forest and we were almost immediately missing the steep scree. The trail was in very bad shape as work on it probably had not been done in years. There were so many trees down all over the trail.
It made it challenging to find the trail as flagging was used in places to mark it. It also slowed us down considerably as ducking under and climbing over downed trees can be challenging with a full pack on. Eventually, this trail led us to a road that made the going much easier. This road put us on private land. We cut off near the bottom of the hill and did some cross country that took us through a BMX type park and then out to the road. Our goal was to hitch a ride out to Tierra del Fuego Nacional Parque to camp there for a couple of days before having to begin the journey back home. The ride was tough to get, but eventually a van came by that would give us a ride. It was a short trip to the park where we would be able to have one more adventure before leaving for the United States.
We had a shorter day planned for today, especially the uphill section. The toughest climb of the day was probably the steep section up from the lake and then back over to our trail junction for the lake. We continued up toward Paso de la Oveja. At first the trail went through a beautiful meadow.
Eventually, the meadow gave way to scree. I was feeling pretty good on this day, so I was moving ahead of Dad for some time. There was no big rush as this was not expected to be a long day. The views were fantastic once again and there was no reason to complain about a hike like this. The trail was easily discernible, but no trail was really necessary as we slowly climbed up to the pass. Once we got to the pass, it was actually hard to tell we were at the pass because it was such a gradual change. As we moved down and could see the valley below us, we had to pull out the map as the trail went a direction that we did not expect.
Eventually the trail led all the way over to where we were running out of scree. It was rather steep so I was wondering when we were actually going to go down, because it would probably be pretty steep.
I was right and on a big scree flow, we started switchbacking down in what seemed like an endless amount of switchbacks.
I love the picture of Dad in an endless amount of scree. It looks almost like a Where's Waldo picture with the main difference being that instead of being lost in a crazy amount of people, Dad blends in with the rock. These switchbacks ended with us entering the forest and we were almost immediately missing the steep scree. The trail was in very bad shape as work on it probably had not been done in years. There were so many trees down all over the trail.
It made it challenging to find the trail as flagging was used in places to mark it. It also slowed us down considerably as ducking under and climbing over downed trees can be challenging with a full pack on. Eventually, this trail led us to a road that made the going much easier. This road put us on private land. We cut off near the bottom of the hill and did some cross country that took us through a BMX type park and then out to the road. Our goal was to hitch a ride out to Tierra del Fuego Nacional Parque to camp there for a couple of days before having to begin the journey back home. The ride was tough to get, but eventually a van came by that would give us a ride. It was a short trip to the park where we would be able to have one more adventure before leaving for the United States.
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