Patagonia, Chile

Cuernos del Paine and Pehoe Lake.

Finally something for a real adventure! Any brave mountaineers out there? These mountain picks and the Pehoe Lake are part of the national park Torres del Paine in the Magallanes Region in southern Chile. The lake is fed by the waters of river Paine. Obviously everything revolves around Paine here. The park is dominated by the Paine massif, which is an eastern spur of the Andes located on the east side of the Grey Glacier, rising dramatically above the Patagonian steppe. Small valleys separate the spectacular granite spires and mountains of the massif. These are: Valle del Francés (French Valley), Valle Bader, Valle Ascencio and Valle del Silencio (Silence Valley). The picture itself looks as if drawn by a canvas master.