Patagonia W Circuit - Day 1

Day 1- Base of the Towers Trek 

approximately 10 miles 

(Hotel Las Torres to Base of the Towers to Chileno Refugio) 

pick up from our wonderful driver Juan Pablo at Amerindia hostel at 6 am for a gorgeous sunrise 

and early entry to Torres Del Paine National Park 

Little did we know how much closer we were going to get to these mountains!! 

time stamp photo - official hike start time at 8:41 am 

trail confetti 

We stayed up at the Base of the Towers for almost 3 1/2 hours to soak up the beauty.... 

Base of the Towers Lookout 

I am proud to say that I am related to two polar bears.... 

our lights in our tents for the night.... 

This is the coolest tent (we stayed in tents like these at Chileno Refugio and at Frances Refugio)