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It takes 3-4 hours to get from Lago Grey to Zapata and another 45 minutes to an hour to get to the mirador, back is roughly the same times as the amount of accent is similar.
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'''By public transport'''
You can radio in a transfer from the administration but these cost a hefty $9000 per person. If there is only a few of you hitch hiking is a better option as the road is well used. Hiking it is really not recommended as it's 17km of fairly boring road walking.
== The Route ==
Finally the route to Lago and glacier Pingo no longer exists (despite being labelled on most maps) as a bridge on the path kept being washed away but for experienced navigators who don't mind getting wet it should still be possible when the rivers are at their lowest (although the path from the campsite is already overgrown and unclear). Go back to Lago Grey the way you came.
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== Maps ==
Embrassingly for Chilean pride the best map of Torres Del Paine, images of which you can't escape in Chilean culture and tourism, is an Argentine one. Zaiger and Urrupty produce a clear and more importnately up-to-date map of the park complete with technical and some wilderness routes. Maps available in hiking and tourist shops in Chile (e.g. JLM) are universally out of date marking refugios and paths where they no longer exist. They often also disagree on the lengths of routes. The map given to you at the entrance of the park is preferable simply because it is up to date however it is on a large scale, very simple and with few contour markings. given the general confusion surrounding the lenghts of route it is large to tell whether these are accurate.
== Permits and Fees ==
-Given the stunning views from the mirador and the fairly boring route to get from Pingo to Zapata it really is only worth doing this walk if you go all the way to the mirador. While the walk can be done in a day it would be a long and very strenuous one. Another option is to camp at Pingo but even then it's a long day hike. The best option is to camp at Zapata, a beautiful campsite that you will probably have to yourselves, and then do the mirador and back to Pingo the second day. The three day option would be do one of the longer day options from Zapata.
-You will more than likely be doing this trek before or after a longer one in the central area of the park. To avoid lugging vast amounts of unnecessary food around you can store food and whatever else you might want to at the administration for without charge.
-Unlike the majority of campsites in the rest of the park there are no facilities at Zapata and are little visited, so for this hike you will have to be better prepared for camping in the wilderness whatever the weather. Any of the treks beyond mirador zapata also require a high level of skill and experience.
