Cerro Frías

23 kms from El Calafate, Cerro Frías is a  1,100 meter hill and valley on the edge of the Patagonian steppe shared by remote estancias and tourist lodges.  The valley is full of wildlife - condors, flamingos, hares, guanacos as well as sheep and cattle.

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View of the valley



Sheep bones bleached by the sun



View of the Steppe towards El Calafate



Flamingos visit the small lake in the centre of the valley

Estancia Alice, the valley and the distant Lago Argentino and Andes



View of the valley at dawn

View of the Andes and Lago Argentino

The evening light falls on the valley

Late evening sunshine on Estancia Alice

Horses grazing in the late afternoon

One of the remote farm houses in the foothills surrounded by poplars to act as a wind break

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