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Day 2Trek Paso Los Cuernos trail

Nordenskjöld Lake

Day 4Trek Pehoe - Grey trail

Day 5Trek to the Towers

Day 6Trek or bike to Eastern Lakes

Day 7Departure to Punta Arenas

Overnight: Standard Dome

(or Superior Dome upgrade)

Patagonia Torres del Paine

7 Day W Trek

Los Cuernos

El Arriero River

Los Cuernos

Paine Grande

The Towers

The W Trek trail around the jagged mountain peaks in Torres del Paine forms one of the world's most classic trekking routes. EcoCamp Patagonia, sustainable geodesic dome accommodation situated in the heart of Torres del Paine National Park, guides you through forest, mountain ridges, glaciers and Patagonian steppe and allows you to relax with good food & wine and sociable trekking guides & fellow travelers.

Valle del Silencio

Ascen

cio R

iver

Overnight: Standard Dome

(or Superior Dome upgrade)

Distance walked: 22 km / 14 miles(9h approx)

Did you know?The word 'Paine' in Torres del Paine comes from a Tehuelche (ancient Patagonian tribe) word meaning 'blue'.

Towersviewpoint

Paso de los Vientos

El Chileno Hut

Distance walked: 26 km / 16 miles(10h approx)

Distance walked: 12 km / 7.5 miles(5h approx)

Lago Grey

Pingo River

Grey River

SaltoGrande

Lago Pehoe

Grey Glacier

Paine GrandeMountain Hut

Nordenskjöld LakeGrey glacier Viewpoint

You've walked: 77km/48 miles

You've taken around 101,049 steps

You've burned at least 7,000 calories

You should have drunk around 21 liters of water

Welcome to the W Trek Alumni Club!

Day 3The Paine Massif’s Heart: Valle Frances

Nordenskjöld Lake

Pehoe Lake

Skot

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Lake

French Valley

Los CuernosMountain Hut

British campsiteViewpoint

Italian campsiteViewpoint

Los Cuernos French valley Grey glacier The Towers Laguna Azul

Santiago (SCL)

Punta Arenas(PUQ)

Puerto Natales

Calafate(FTE)

BuenosAires

Torres del Paine NPEcoCamp Patagonia

2179km/1354mi

31/2 hours

2083km/1294mi3 hours

Distance walked: 11 km / 7 miles(4h approx)

Did you know?Grey Glacier is named after the colour of Grey Lake and is acutally blue in colour due to the light refracted through the compacted ice.

Overnight: Paine GrandeMountain Hut

Overnight: Los Cuernos

Mountain Hut

Grey Lake

Nordenskjöld Lake

Paine River

Sarmiento Lake

Pehoe Lake

Grey

Glacie

r

Grey River

Did you know?The W Trek gets its name from the W shape which you follow around the massif!

Legend

Day 1 Arrival

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7 Departure

PuertoNatales

Arrival & departure

Day 1Travel from Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales or Calafate

to EcoCamp Patagonia in Torres del Paine NP

Overnight: Standard Dome

(or Superior Dome

upgrade)

Laguna

Amarga

Las Chinas River

Laguna Azul

Paine River

Faun

a Tr

ail

Macho Canyonviewpoint

Laguna Azul Camp & Cottage

Laguna AmargaRanger Station

Paine Waterfall

Sarmiento LakeRanger Station

W Trek Elevation

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Paine Grande Mountain Hut

TowersViewpoint

El Chileno Hut

El Chileno Hut

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British Campsite

Los CuernosTrail

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viewpoint

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Mirador Grey Trail

EcoCamp

EcoCampLos Cuernos Mountain Hut

Grey Glacier Viewpoint

Paso de los vientos

Paso de los vientos

No worries about altitude, the whole W trek is under 1000 m.a.s.l (3000 ft)!

Did you know?The multicolored Cuernos peaks (Horns) are made from a basalt sandwich with a granite filling.

Did you know?The 3,050m/10,000ft Paine Grande has only been summited 3 times - in 1957 by Count Guido Monzino & his Italian team, in 2000 by a French-Argentine duo and in 2011 by a Chilean group.

EcoCampEcoCamp

Fauna Trail

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37

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41

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48

42

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From Punta ArenasTo EcoCamp373km/232mi, 8 hours(inc. lunch in Natales & visit to Milodón Cave)

From CalafateTo EcoCamp

407km/253mi, 12 hours(inc. private transfer to bus station, bus from Calafate to Natales, lunch in Natales & visit to Milodón Cave)

Distance walked: 6km / 4miles (3h)Distance cycling: 8km / 5miles (1h)If there's more than 6 in your group you can opt for our cycling excursion to Laguna Azul instead!

Did you know? The shores of Laguna Amarga are strewn with stromatolites, a rock formation known as 'living fossils'.

Sarmiento

Lake

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