Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Laguna Sucia

Trekking up the mountain really made me a little grumpy, but it is nothing that a good night of sleep wouldnt cure.
I woke up to a beautiful day of blue blear skies. The Fitzroy mountain was smacked right in front of the camp. Camp Poincenot stands on a hill, inside a forest and well protected from the powerful winds. At the north end of the camp runs a white-pebbled riverbed creek with glaciar water that is barely above freezing temperature. I am talking 35F.
From the camp there are various daily treks you can pursue, they take you to vista points, glaciar lakes, river lakes, you name it...
The first spot I chose to visit was laguna sucia (dirty lake), which is called dirty for I dont know what reason. It is so blue it makes the sky look white in comparison. It is only not as blue as the laguna de los tres, but bluer than any other lake I have ever seen.
There is a humangous glaciar and a waterfall that is about 300 meters high. The sendero (path) up there is not one suggested by the rangers, so not that many people actually go visit it. For a good two hours, I was the only person there, which was awesome.
An Argentine made it there in perfect timing, as a huge piece of ice, about the size of a school bus, began to slide down the glaciar.
The roar of the ice hitting the lake makes thunder sound like a tooth pick hitting your teet. I was awesome that I saw such a huge spectacle of nature and it was good that this guy was there to see it, because I dont think I could have lived without watching such an incredible display of raw power and not have turned to someone and said:
"Did you see that !!!!"

1 comment:

  1. La laguna sucia se llama así porque hace tiempo (quien sabe cuanto) hubo un gran desprendimiento del glaciar que enturbió la laguna por mucho tiempo.

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