After doing our daily weather check—all permutations of cloud levels, wind speeds and temperatures—decided to head up to Laguna Capri, in hopes of seeing Fitzroy without all the cloud cover that hasn’t given us more than a glimpse since we arrived. Winds were lowest that we’ve experienced so far, but still had hats, gloves, and lots of layers on.
This is a walk that is graded as easy, although the first 45 minutes are a pretty constant uphill. Quite a lot of people heading up the trail today—it’s one of the most popular in the area—even people carting toddlers on their shoulders.
The trail passes through a lot of scrubby Patagonian forest, with occasional openings that offer breathtaking views of the river valley below, as well as the distant snow-splattered mountains. Eventually the path splits, offering a choice of walking to the viewpoint for Fitzroy, or directly to the small Capri lake. The path makes a loop so we opted for the viewpoint first. As the forest thinned out the imposing mountains appeared, and as luck would have it, we had some stunning views of the three jagged peaks and the adjacent glaciers. Check out the pictures which hopefully give you a taste of what we saw.
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