John Bolte, an American rock climber, was killed by rockfall while descending Patagonia's Cerro Chalten (Fitz Roy) on February 23. He and Adam Martos, a fellow Santa Cruz local, had finished a ...

On January 19, Basque climbers Amaia Agirre, 31, and Iker Bilbao, 29, were killed while descending Cerro Chalten (Fitz Roy) when a large, wet avalanche swept them into a crevasse. They had ...

Two of the best day hikes in South America, both starting from the small town of El Chalten, known as the hiking capital of Argentina: 1. Trail to Laguna de los Tres, at the base of Cerro Fitz Roy; 2.

Jenny Abegg of the U.S. is an unlikely athlete to set FKTs in the mountains. Sometimes, she pauses for half an hour on the ...

In the town of El Chalten, Chile, a massive crowd fills the local high school gymnasium. The small village serves as a base for the many climbers who flock to Patagonia’s challenging peaks. After ...

Liz Daley, a professional climber, AMGA-certified mountain guide, and snowboarder from Tacoma, Washington, has died in an avalanche near the Argentine town of Chalten. Details of the accident, which ...

Im Sommer sieht man den Cerro Torre vor lauter Bergsteigern kaum - der 3128 Meter hohe Berg in Patagonien ist äußerst beliebt. Mythen umranken den schroffen Gipfel, steil ragt er von allen Seiten in ...

The video the documents the first ascent in the 2016/2017 season on the Ragni route on Cerro Torre in Patagonia, carried out by New Zealand’s Daniel Joll and Kim Ladiges. The current alpine climbing ...