With the start of a new season, the staff of Los Glaciares National Park is working on the opening of two mixed trails (for pedestrians and cyclists) in the Lago Roca Section, located in the southern sector of the protected area.
These new trails will connect the 17 de Octubre Stable Plant and the Organized Camping Lago Roca with the Alero de Pinturas Rupestres, improving accessibility and reducing traffic on Provincial Route No. 15.
Trails designed for responsible enjoyment
The new trails start from public parking lots and offer safe and scenic routes
The trail from Camping Lago Roca to the Pinturas Rupestres parking lot is planned to be just over a kilometer long; while from the Stable Plant parking lot it will be approximately 400 meters.
The Lago Roca Section of Los Glaciares National Park not only receives conventional visitors and locals from El Calafate, but also large groups from the province of Santa Cruz and other parts of the country who engage in nature-related activities and find in this corner of the protected area the ideal setting to connect with the natural environment.
A park with glacial history and universal value
Los Glaciares safeguard millennia-old ice masses and were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO
Established in 1937 and recognized by UNESCO in 1981, Los Glaciares National Park protects the third largest continental ice field on the planet.
Its glaciers, formed millennia ago, are witnesses of the ice age and human evolution. The Perito Moreno Glacier, famous for its accessibility and periodic ruptures, is one of the most visited natural icons in the country.
Landscapes that combine ice, forest, and steppe
The park extends between the Steppe and Patagonian Forest ecoregions
- Southern Andes: glaciers that form bridges, caves, and natural dams
- Lakes, rivers from melting ice, and lagoons: complete the landscape
- Iconic peaks: such as Fitz Roy (Chaltén) and Torre
Climate and ideal season to visit
Spring, summer, and autumn offer the best conditions to explore the park
- Temperatures: between 0.6°C in winter and 13.4°C in summer
- Precipitation: between 500 and 900 mm annually, evenly distributed
- Abundant snowfall in winter, intense winds in summer
Patagonian biodiversity: flora and fauna in balance
Forests, grasslands, and emblematic species coexist in a unique ecosystem
- Flora: lenga, ñire, guindo, notro, calafate, coirón, neneo, and mata guanaco
- Birds: condor, black-chested buzzard-eagle, Magellanic woodpecker, torrent duck
- Mammals: huemul deer (with its southernmost population), culpeo fox, and puma
