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- Mirador Ventisquero Colgante: The payoff at the end of the 3.3 km main trail. The glacier clings to a high rock lip and sends waterfalls plunging toward a turquoise lake far below. The roar of meltwater carries across the valley, and on warm afternoons you may hear ice cracking.
- Puente Colgante over the Río Ventisquero: A swaying suspension bridge, one person at a time, that crosses the glacial river midway. The water underneath is milky gray and loud. It is the part of the trail that makes first-timers grin and nervous hikers grip the cables.
- Laguna Témpanos: A separate short loop of about 1.3 km round trip to a lake where small icebergs drift. It sits near the trailhead and suits anyone who wants a quieter, flatter walk with a view of the glacier tongue across the water.
- Laguna Ventisquero
- Mirador Ventisquero Colgante: The payoff at the end of the 3.3 km main trail. The glacier clings to a high rock lip and sends waterfalls plunging toward a turquoise lake far below. The roar of meltwater carries across the valley, and on warm afternoons you may hear ice cracking.
- Puente Colgante over the Río Ventisquero: A swaying suspension bridge, one person at a time, that crosses the glacial river midway. The water underneath is milky gray and loud. It is the part of the trail that makes first-timers grin and nervous hikers grip the cables.
- Laguna Témpanos: A separate short loop of about 1.3 km round trip to a lake where small icebergs drift. It sits near the trailhead and suits anyone who wants a quieter, flatter walk with a view of the glacier tongue across the water.
- Laguna Ventisquero shoreline: The lake fed by the glacier, color-shifting between milky green and blue depending on cloud cover. The trail edges along it with its rocky beaches, and you can see the waterfall plume spilling in from above.
- Temperate rainforest of the lower trail: Before the climb, the path runs through dense Valdivian forest with giant ferns, lichen-draped lenga and coigüe trunks, and moss thick enough to muffle your steps. Rain is common here, and it keeps everything glowing green.
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