The triangular peak of Monte Fitz Roy dominates our hike, the summit so perfectly sculpted that for many years mapmakers mistakenly labelled it as a volcano.

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 ...

Mount Fitz Roy is ranked #6 out of 12 things to do in Argentine Patagonia. See pictures and our review of Mount Fitz Roy.

On 7 February 2004 the Italians Elio Orlandi and Luca Fava, and the Argentine Horacio Codò reached the summit of Chalten - Fitz Roy after 7 days of effort via a new, direct line up the stunning ...

Monte Fitz Roy Trail, while crossing over in to Argentina, remains one of the most stunning and advanced treks that Patagonia has to offer.

In 1968 I was one of a group of climber friends who drove a 1965 Ford Econoline van from California to Patagonia where we made the third ascent of Cerro Chalten (Fitz Roy), an 11,171-foot granite ...

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. It was during ...