Date: March, 11, 2015

Daily Distance: Camp Torres to the Towers – 1 mi – (1.6 km) round trip                                  Camp Torres to Camp Seron – 10.5 mi – (16.9 km)

Time: 12 hours – Including 2 hours at Las Torres

Start: Camp Torres – With side trip to Las Torres at sunrise

Finish: Camp Seron

Shortly after sunrise at Las Torres we hiked back to camp and packed up our gear. Marielle and I were finished packing and decided to cook a quick breakfast while Mark was still in his tent trying to figure out how to fit all of his gear and food back into his backpack. This would be Marielle’s last day of hiking, as she was starting her new intern position on Monday.  She would catch a 2pm bus leaving from the Hotel Las Torres then heading to Puerto Natales, where she would stay 1 night before flying to Santiago. Mac was also doing the Q Circuit, so the two of us would continue on to Campamento Seron.

Marielle and I finished eating breakfast, then waited another 1/2 hour for Marc to finish packing. The three of us started hiking back towards Refugio Chileno. The weather was beautiful and sunny with the temperature in the low to mid 70s F (20s C). I started out hiking behind Marc.

Marc

Did one of us packed too little or the other too much?

When we came to Chileno we ran into another guest from Yagan House.

Marielle, Marc and friend from Yagan House

We finally arrived at Hotel Las Torres at 1:30pm.

Hotel Las Tarres

Approximately 50 Hikers sitting on the lawn behind the hotel enjoying the sun while waiting for their busses to arrive.  I went inside the hotel gift shop and bought some batteries for my headlamp but when I put them in light still wouldn’t come on. Someone called my name and I looked up to see Margie and Donald, the couple from the UK that I hiked with to Italiano. As they the busses arrived Margie saw that my headlamp wasn’t working. She said “You can’t go into the backside without a headlamp.”and threw me her Petzl Tikka 2 Headlamp.  I gave Margie a hug thanked them both as they left to board their bus.

Marc wanted to downsize his pack weight so he made arrangements with Marielle to carry some extra items back to Yagan House, where he had left a luggage bag. He also had way too much food. I was down to 1 day of food left in my pack so this was perfect timing for me. We said goodbye to Marielle, then Marc and I divided up his food and relaxed before continuing our walk to Seron. It was a good day!

Marielle leaving to catch bus back to PN

Camp Seron is 5.5 mi (8.9 km) from the Hotel Las Torres. We started walking at 3:30pm and had the trail to ourselves. We immediately noticed this section was much quieter, no day hikers and much fewer backpackers on the backside.

The trail from Hotel Las Torres to Serion

Campamento Seron is a small red house sitting in a large meadow. When we arrived it was dusk and there were 10 -12 other tents set up around the camp. Several hikers were cooking or eating dinner at picnic tables set up behind the house. I wanted to have protection from the wind so I set my tent up behind a big oak tree. There were showers and bathrooms in a separate building. After we set up our tents Marc and I shared ravioli with cheese and tomato sauce dinner and tea brewed in his teapot. My new favorite backpacking meal.