Mt. Tronador

After bumming around Bariloche and doing some hiking in the surrounding national parks for a few days, we decided to go see a mountain that was a bit bigger. We got up early and grabbed a shuttle bus that took us on the 2 1/2 hour drive to the base of Mt. Tronador, in Nahuel Huapi national park. Mt. Tronador is an extinct volcano rising 3,491 m (11,453 ft) above sea-level.


We were the only hikers that were going to the national park for the day. The rest of the people on our bus had their serious hiking gear and sleeping bags, and were intending to stay for a while. After realizing this, Holly and I knew that we had to hike fast. We wouldn't be going to the top of the mountain. Rather, we would be hiking to the base of the "Black Glacier," much closer to Pampa Linda.





Here are some pictures of the "Black Glacier." If it just kind of looks like dirty ice on your screen, there is nothing wrong with your computer.

Our map indicated that there was a waterfall not far from the trail so, on our descent, we decided to go check it out. Once we got a bit further down the mountain, we became surrounded again by the bamboo forest that we became accustomed to outside of Bariloche. The trail to the waterfall was nice, and we actually ran into a guy from Buenos Aires who went rafting with us a few days earlier.