PATAGONIA — 7 a.m. I wake up to the shrill of an alarm and roll over on my top bunk, releasing the warm pocket of air underneath my big, wool blanket. With half of my body hanging off, I manage to ...

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," ...

Laguna beneath Fitz Roy in Patagonia, Argentina, rewards the journey with stillness and powerful alpine views.

What a wonderful surprise to see Mt. Fitz Roy on the front page of the Travel section [“Argentina’s Dramatic Nature,” March 13]. I recently returned from El Chalten and have two suggestions for people ...

Art sets off in search of a different and unique view of the peak of Mt. Fitz Roy. Just above El Chalten, South America’s unofficial trekking capital rises the jagged silhouette of Mt. Fitz Roy – ...

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Captured near Mount Fitz Roy in Patagonia, Argentina — guanacos graze under the shadow of towering peaks and endless skies.

Chad Kellogg, an elite alpinist who climbed some of the world’s highest and most challenging peaks — charging up mountains and breaking records for the fastest ascents — was killed Feb. 14 while ...