Laguna de los Tres (Fitz Roy)
Laguna de los Tres
Curated schematic — not walking distance. Pin-to-pin OSM named-waypoint line from El Chaltén to Laguna de los Tres (9.6 km one-way). Return retraces; the stored line is not doubled. Vertical figures are a GLO-30 sample of those pins, not a walking profile. typicalDays 1 is the published day-hike (typical, not a statute).
Last verified 2026-09-24 vs Administración de Parques Nacionales (APN)
Cite this record
The Hiking World, Laguna de los Tres (Fitz Roy), verified 2026-09-24, https://www.thehikingworld.com/trails/laguna-de-los-tres
How we verify · last checked 2026-09-24
Byline
- The Hiking World editorial · author
Desk byline for seed records. Named surveying editors replace this once a trail is verified.
Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.
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Permits and fees
Quota / restriction: Daily pass; charged in Zona Norte (Portada El Chaltén) and Zona Sur alike.
| Permit | Cost | Quota / restriction | Issuer | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derecho de acceso — PN Los Glaciares (daily pass)Official source | ARS 50,000 (foreign); ARS 25,000 national; ARS 8,000 provincial resident; ARS 15,000 student | Daily pass; charged in Zona Norte (Portada El Chaltén) and Zona Sur alike. Effective 2026-06-01. | Administración de Parques Nacionales (APN) | Issuer page | Verified 2026-09-24 vs Administración de Parques Nacionales (APN) |
This line is a schematic. The files are not a GPS track. GPX · GeoJSON
Editorial v1 · Provisional catalog
- SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade)
- Mountain hiking. Continuous trail, some steep ground, sure-footedness helpful.
- YDS Class 1
- Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.
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Curated schematic from named OpenStreetMap nodes (ODbL). The line is pin-to-pin, not a walking path. 2-D length is labelled schematic — not walking distance. Ascent, descent, and high/low points are Copernicus GLO-30 samples at those vertices only (copernicus-dem:glo-30) and remain provisional. Water, permits, and hazards were not taken from OSM tags and must be verified.
No single connected Sendero al Fitz Roy / Laguna de los Tres hiking relation resolved on 2026-08-25. Geometry is an ordered pin-to-pin line through OSM-resolved named nodes: El Chaltén → Laguna Capri → Campamento Poincenot → L. de los Tres y Fitz Roy. 2-D length 9.6 km is schematic — not walking distance (one-way pins; return retraces). Published ~20–25 km round trip is a cross-check only, not this DataPoint. osmRelationId is unset. Never graduate to verified without a single connected OSM hiking relation.
Río Blanco (base) was listed in the ingest brief and did not resolve to a named OSM node in the Poincenot band; it was dropped rather than fabricated.
typicalDays 1 is the published typical day-hike, not a DataPoint. bestSeason is left unverified (an austral-summer Nov–Mar window is widely described; it was not copied from an official APN statute this pass).
GLO-30 high 1,163 m and cumulative ascent 764 m are samples at the four schematic vertices only — indicative, not a walking profile. The steep final climb on published descriptions is a safety fact, not this DEM gain.
Water was not mapped to named WaterSource points (no honest atFraction). Streams exist on published descriptions; they were not positioned from an official named list this pass.
Water
No water sources recorded.
Surface
Surface is not recorded. This field is filled only from an OSM surface tag, not from the grade.
Permits & fees
- Permit
- Derecho de acceso — PN Los Glaciares (daily pass)
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Getting there
Sourced legs to the El Chaltén (schematic start) base start station — where this trail record begins. This is not a route planner: durations are approximate and marked provisional until an official transport page confirms them.
Bus · El Calafate (FTE) → El Chaltén
Comandante Armando Tola International Airport at El Calafate is the usual air gateway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comandante_Armando_Tola_International_Airport, checked 2026-08-25, CC BY-SA). Road/bus continues to El Chaltén (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chalt%C3%A9n, checked 2026-08-25, CC BY-SA).
en.wikipedia.org · verified 2026-08-25 · wikidata · official · provisional
Out-and-back from town. APN Los Glaciares Zona Norte entrance is listed on the official tarifas page; the peso amount is not copied here (https://www.argentina.gob.ar/parquesnacionales/patagonia-austral/parque-nacional-los-glaciares/tarifas, checked 2026-08-25).
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Getting there car-free
El Chaltén (schematic start) · car-free flag: yes
Bus from El Calafate (FTE). Wikipedia: El Chaltén is reached by road from El Calafate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chalt%C3%A9n, checked 2026-08-25, CC BY-SA).
Laguna de los Tres viewpoint (schematic end) · car-free flag: yes
OSM named viewpoint node “L. de los Tres y Fitz Roy” (12644283701). Out-and-back: return retraces this pin line.
Trailheads
- El Chaltén (schematic start) car-free: yes
- Laguna de los Tres viewpoint (schematic end) car-free: yes
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Hazards
- Steep final climb to the lagoon viewpoint (on the order of 400 m on published walking descriptions) — a public safety fact, not this schematic DEM gain.
- Rapid Patagonian weather: wind, snow, and sudden temperature drops are ordinary around Fitz Roy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chalt%C3%A9n, checked 2026-08-25, CC BY-SA).
Questions
Do I need a permit for Laguna de los Tres (Fitz Roy)?
A permit is listed as required for Laguna de los Tres (Fitz Roy): Derecho de acceso — PN Los Glaciares (daily pass). Status on this record is an official source.
How much is the Laguna de los Tres (Fitz Roy) permit?
Derecho de acceso — PN Los Glaciares (daily pass): ARS 50,000 (foreign); ARS 25,000 national; ARS 8,000 provincial resident; ARS 15,000 student (Administración de Parques Nacionales (APN), verified 2026-09-24). Status: verified-official.
Laguna de los Tres (Fitz Roy) permit quota and booking
Daily pass; charged in Zona Norte (Portada El Chaltén) and Zona Sur alike.
How difficult is Laguna de los Tres (Fitz Roy)?
Laguna de los Tres (Fitz Roy) is graded SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1. A sourced hazard on this record: Steep final climb to the lagoon viewpoint (on the order of 400 m on published walking descriptions) — a public safety fact, not this schematic DEM gain.
How long is Laguna de los Tres (Fitz Roy)?
This figure is 9.6 km (provisional): a schematic straight-line estimate between waypoints — not a measured walking distance; published figures are the better guide. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
How do I get to Laguna de los Tres (Fitz Roy)?
The record’s base start is El Chaltén (schematic start). A primary gateway on the record is Comandante Armando Tola International Airport (FTE). Trailhead transit notes are not included in this public FAQ.
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