Index of mountains

My first morning in El Chaltén. No clouds, no Patagonian drama — just a few seconds of red light on Fitz Roy's peak before the mountain slipped back into shadow. I had no idea what this place would become.

Almost nothing online — just a massive, unclimbed east face somewhere in the southern Andes. For a landscape photographer, an information gap that size is its own kind of invitation.

We had planned to visit Iceland in June, but due to a few circumstances beyond our control we were forced to postpone our trip to September. In the end this turned out to be a good choice: less tourists and the prospect of viewing the northern lights…

It was on the bus from El Calafate to El Chaltén, when I first saw the panorama of the cordillera and the shapes of Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy with my own eyes. And in this very moment I realized that trekking in El Chaltén was going to be something really special. Patagonia is a photographer’s dream and in the upcoming days I would immerse myself in the…

Chaltén as Fitz Roy was called by the indigenous people is a peak of 3.406m and is well known amongst climbers all around the world. Not only is it a great mountain to climb but also to photograph. Patagonia’s climate and strong winds are…