Berny's photos with the keyword: Ruta 23

scanned slide, Minolta X700

The same huge cloud over Fitz Roy as on the recent images, from a distance. In the foreground Lago Viedma. See PiP for color version. - scanned slide, Minolta X700 Happy weekend all together!

Only 2 m away from the summit of Cerro Torre ;-)) - scanned slide, Minolta X700 see PiP's for the real one, Cerro Torre (3102 m) and Torre Egger to the right:

View from Ruta 23 north to El Chalten and Monte Fitz Roy behind. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

lenticular cloud over Monte Fitz Roy - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Monte Fitz Roy (3405 m) is also called Cerro Chaltén and this word 'Chaltén' comes from a Tehuelche word meaning "smoking mountain", due to a cloud that usually forms around the mountain's peak. In 2000, there was no paved road to the small village El Chaltén, which is also called Argentina's Trekking Capital. - scanned slide, Minolta X700, PiP shows a color version! I postet this photo years ago, but it fits in the new stream with new scans with geotags etc., so I reposted it.

In 2000 there were no facilities and our Kangoo was the only car around. The big cloud in the background is sitting on Monte Fitz Roy. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Ruta 23 ends south of Lago del Desierto and only a horse trail and footpath continue north, along the lake, then over the mountains and on a 5h-ferry on Lago O'Higgins. After this rather long trip you would be able to finally reach the southern end of Carretera Austral in Chile, near the village of Villa O'Higgins. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

"Bridge" across the outlet of Lago del Desierto, very stable ;-)) - scanned slide, Minolta X700

On the way from El Chalten to Lago del Desierto. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

On the way from El Chalten to Lage del Desierto. The mountain range in the background leads to Cerro Eléctrico and Monte Fitz Roy. The PiP shows the bridge from where this photo was taken, in the year 2015. - scanned slide, Minolta X700 (main image)

Open Street Map is wrong here, actually it's Ruta Provincial 23, which leads along Rio Electrico north of El Chalten. The mountain in the background is most probably Cerro Aniversario. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

The main house of Estancias is usually hidden behind a wall of poplars for wind protection (here near Pilo Lil at Ruta Provincial 23). - scanned slide, Minolta X700