Day 3: French Valley (without our packs!!)

On day 3 we were able to leave our tent and hiking packs at Campo Italiano and just do a day hike up into the French Valley. This was a nice break from lugging our packs everywhere, although we still covered a lot of ground this day.

This picture was taken on the way up to the French Valley. Pictures just don´t do the French Valley justice, the beauty of the French Valley is that it is almost entirely surrounded by granite towers and mountain peaks.

Once we got to the mirador (lookout) at French Valley. We decided to continue climbing to see what was over the next pass. After about an hour of hiking and climbing up rocks we were rewarded with a rare view of the back of the Torres del Paine. I say rare view because their was no path, and hardly any other people near us.