Two of the best day hikes in South America, both starting from the small town of El Chalten, known as the hiking capital of Argentina: 1. Trail to Laguna de los Tres, at the base of Cerro Fitz Roy; 2.

This jagged, granite-walled mountain towers 11,000 feet over El Chaltén in Southern Patagonia. Mount Fitz Roy, which typically stands obscured in a haze of clouds, was originally named "Chaltén," ...