Fitz Roy Cascades The Fitz Roy Cascades are what I'm calling these series of mountain cascades sprinkled beneath the imposing Fitz Roy Mountains. During our visit, there were actually countless lacy mountain cascades like these, but this page was really my excuse to include those cascades that we spotted towards the end of the difficult 8- to 10-hour Laguna de Los Tres hike. These cascades were directly fed by snow and glacier melt and hence their flow will vary depending on the degree of such melt, which were probably at their best during the early Summer season (December and January). In any case, the Sendero Laguna de Los Tres (Lagoon of the 3 Trail) was intended to get close to the Fitz Roy peaks of Cerro Fitz Roy, Cerro Poincenot, and others while all of them were fronted by a glacial lagoon. The cascades shown on this page were really a bonus to the hike and should be treated as such. Directions: I don't recall the exact route we took to get to the car park for the trailhead for Sendero Laguna de Los Tres. All I recalled was that it was towards the western end of town, and since El Chaltén was quite a small town, it wasn't difficult to find the trailhead. If you don't find my vague directions helpful, I'm sure you can ask anyone in town (like the hotel receptionist or something) and they'll point you in the right direction. TRIP REPORTSFor more information about our experiences with this waterfall, check out the following travel stories.GUIDEBOOKS / OTHER RESOURCESNEARBY WATERFALLSHave You Been To This Waterfall?
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Another one of the cascades near Laguna de Los Tres
Dramatic context of the cascades with the jagged Fitz Roy Range and neighboring lagoon
Looking down into the valley while doing the initial climb
The trail veering away from the valley and heading towards the mountains
Approaching the Fitz Roy Massif
The trail was flat along this stretch before the final grueling climb up to the glacial lagoon
The start of the last climb up to the lagoon
At Laguna de Los Tres
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