Ushuaia - Walks in the Fuegian Andes |
Getting There
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Images of Ushuaia in its beautiful setting |
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Glaciar Martial (6km - 450m ascent - 450m descent)
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The aptly named Cañadon Negro |
Heading up to the glacier |
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View west to the Fuegian Andes of Chile |
Cushion plant community |
Laguna Esmeralda (10km - 150m ascent - 150m descent)
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Fuegian valley landscape in spring |
Cerro Bonete above the marshy river flats |
Old lenga beech tree |
Moss and lichen covered beech forest |
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Snipe trying to be invisible |
The superb setting of Laguna Esmeralda framed by the peaks of Sierra Alvear brightens up a dull day |
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The river snakes away just below Laguna Esmeralda |
Reflections of Cerro Cinco Hermanos in the lake |
Shallow beaver dam and beaver-killed trees above the lake |
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Tree felled by beavers |
Impressive 2m high dam wall of the pond built by the beavers |
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View down the valley toward 1330m Monte Olivia |
Spongy red turbal (peatmoss) community |
Return through the forest |
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