Your Typical Day

This is a half day of hiking in these parts. Down into the valley below and back up the switch backs.
Can you say, "Buns of steel"?

The first photo shows our intended path down steep scree, across several small snow fields, across a swampy grass area and then finally up 36 switchbacks (yup we counted them) until we reached Refugio Italia, also known as Laguna Negra or Segre.

If you look closely you can see the swtichbacks on the grassy steep section in the background of the photo.

Here is a photo of me sliding down a nicely pitched snow field. This was one of the more enjoyable ways down. Other sections of our descent offered a mix of downclimbing small waterfalls and gullies as well as tromping through grassy swampland.