Cambios

[[Image: Copia de P2070266.JPG|thumb|220px|left|Access to step Marconi. Photo: Juan Fco Bustos]]

The second day was admitted to Southern Ice Field to the refuge Eduardo Garcia Soto (1587 m), better known as the refuge of White Cap, climbing thousand meters. From La Playita to the refuge is 6 hours. Consider additional 1 ½ hours if one starts from Piedra del Fraile. The trail is clear 1 hour from La Playita to the Marconi glacier. Once on the glacier advance is necessary and tying shoe or randonee depending on the time you are. It must continue to the northwest to step Marconi, gateway to the Southern Ice Field. The ascent is gradual and must navigate some cracks. Once in the passage the view is amazing. To the southeast you can see the vertical walls of the hills and Pollone Piergiorgio. To the west lies the endless plain of South Icefield and several strands present in the plateau and that of Pius XI and The Pyramids. In addition to the step is entered Parque Nacional Bernardo O'Higgins in Chile. We must continue north 2 km. to the refuge, which is ice on bare ground.

The third and fourth days are for walking on the Southern Ice Field to leave it in the headwaters of Glacier Viedma. This is a total walk of 25 km. on ice in the north-> south, with a good rhythm which can be done in one day. It starts transiting with lace curtain Marconi east. Advanced 13 km. leads to the fabulous place that gives this circuit, the Circus of the Altars. Here, amphitheater, are the unknown faces of granite hills west of Torre Egger, Standhardt, Bifida, Four Fingers, Domo Blanco, Rincon and Fitz Roy, among others. In this place you can camp building a wall of snow blocks protecting the tent from the wind (1345 m).

The fourth day is still heading south. To the west is the imposing Mariano Moreno range. Eastward us with a cord Adela start to appear after the hill Murallón of Viedma. As it progresses and is losing altitude are appearing more and more cracks: the Viedma glacier begins to hatch. On the last flight on the ice must navigate dozens of cracks, which make progress slow and zigzagging. When the lateral moraines are now achievable, exit the glacier to the east. Here are several possible places to camp, including the lakes on skis (1090 m.) or Ferrari.