We had such a great day , great hike, such a beautiful place. I loved all the glaciers and enjoyed the beauty.
We hit this after we hiked up to Laguna De Los Tres. We recommend hiking to Laguna De Los Tres, then down to Glacier Piedras Blancas, then going by Laguna Capri on the way down. It's a long day so bring plenty of food. We are fast hikers and it took up 2.5 hours up to Laguna De Los Tres from Hostel Pilar, 45 minutes back down to the Rio Blanca, 45 minutes to Glacier Piedras Blancas, 45 minutes back to where the Rio Blanca meets the trail to Laguna De Los Tres, and then ~3 hours all the way down to Chalten passing by Laguna Capri. From Hostel Pilar, you could hike by Glacier Piedras Blancas, but the trail isn't great, so you'd basically be bush wacking your way up stream.To get to the base of the glacier you have to do some boulder scrambing (climbing over big rocks) but if this at all interesting to you, it is SO much fun!Highly recommended!
Fuimos primero al mirador desde el campamento Poincenot y luego hicimos el sendero hasta el glaciar. La caminata no tiene mayor complejidad y vale la pena el recorrido
We walked past Piedras Blancas en route to Laguna de Los Tres (we started out from Hosteria El Pilar specifically so we could see more) and it was quite spectacular. The Mirador for Piedras Blancas is in a forested area - so its quite nice to walk amongst the trees and see the glacier getting closer and closer on the other side of the river. A wonderful view and a wonderful walk. I cannot recommend it enough!
You can see the glacier from the hiking path that starts at Hosteria El Pilar leading to campamiento Poincenot, or you can take a side trip from the hiking trail from Chalten to Laguna de los Tres. Beautiful glacier and lake. Definitely worth seeing.
Indo para o Fitz Roy, na trilha que parte da Hosteria Pilar é possivel ter uma visão do Glaciar Piedras Blancas.
Pena que não pode chegar perto. Você chega até o mirador, não tem trilha marcada para chegar perto, mas já vale a vista do mirante. Ficamos acampados no poincenot e de lá a trilha é bem fácil. Vale a pena.
view all around. We spent about half an hour, just sitting and looking at the glacier. At some point, there was a bit of calving - a bonus.
You can see this glacier from distance when the hiking the path that starts at Hosteria El Pilar leading to campamiento Poincenot and then to de Los tres, before returning to El Chalten. Thus is an awesome hike of a bit over 20k, the hard bit is the hike up to the lago de los tres, but every meter is worth on this hike - beautiful old forrest, continuous great views at Fitzroy and the Glacier Piedras. You will never get tired looking at it.
There is a lovely hike from EL Pilar ($20 taxi ride from El Chalten) back to El Chalten, taking in a viewpoint on this glacier form the trail. Beautiful and very easy trek if Laguna de los Tres is skipped. About 13 k with a steep enough descent at the end into El Chalten.If you're fit, make magical memories and visit Laguna de los Tres (and the nearby Laguna Sucia). Startling, beautiful and unforgettable!