History :-

Monte Fitz Roy is the basis for the Patagonia clothing logo following Yvon Chouinards 3rd ascent and subsequent film in 1968.Monte Fitz Roy is a mountain located near El Chaltén village in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in Patagonia on the border between Argentina and Chile. The mountain is also known as Cerro Chaltén Cerro Fitz Roy or simply Mount Fitz Roy.Cerro is a Spanish word meaning mountain while Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche Aonikenk word meaning smoking mountain due to a cloud that usually forms around the mountains peak.Fitz Roy however was only one of a number of peaks the Tehuelche called Chaltén.

How To Reach :-

North of the Torres del Paine region is the equally awesome Fitzroy area where the mighty granitic towers of Monte Fitzroy and Cerro Torre soar into the sky like fantasy mountains.The town of Chalten is a useful base to explore the area which has numerous hiking opportunities and for the serious climber the ultimate challenge of Cerro Torre.

The mountain is the symbol of the Argentine Santa Cruz Province which includes its representation on its coat of arms.The mountain has a reputation of being ultimate despite its average height although being the highest peak in the Los Glaciares park it is less than half the size of the Himalayan giants because the sheer granite faces present long stretches of arduous technical climbing.

In addition the weather in the area is exceptionally inclement and treacherous. It also attracts many photographers thanks to its otherworldly shape.The area while still fairly inaccessible was even more isolated until the recent development of El Chaltén village and El Calafate international airport.The mountain climb however remains extremely difficult and is the preserve of very experienced climbers.Today when a hundred people may summit Mount Everest in a single day Monte Fitz Roy may only be successfully ascended once a year.