O que acontece em Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Chile, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — Southern summer peak, Summer holidays em Chile

• Regra

  Every night must be booked ahead

  1 Jan – 31 DezReserve cedoFechamentos

  You cannot walk the W or the O and find a bed. Campsites and refuges are reserved in advance across three separate operators plus the park service, rangers check the bookings at the gate, and the good dates go the day they open. Fonte ↗

• Regra

  No fires anywhere in the park

  1 Jan – 31 DezFechamentos

  Open fires are banned outright after the fires of 2005 and 2011, and stoves may only be used in the marked cooking shelters at each camp. Rangers enforce it and a careless stove has closed sectors before. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Flamingos on the lagoons (1 Out – 31 Mar (normalmente)), O Circuit opens (1 Nov – 31 Mar), Patagonian wind season (1 Nov – 28 Fev), Guanaco birthing (15 Nov – 10 Jan (normalmente)), Southern summer peak (20 Dez – 28 Fev)

Lotação máxima — Southern summer peak, Summer holidays em Chile

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Jan – 31 Dez), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Flamingos on the lagoons (1 Out – 31 Mar (normalmente)), O Circuit opens (1 Nov – 31 Mar), Patagonian wind season (1 Nov – 28 Fev), Southern summer peak (20 Dez – 28 Fev)

Movimentado — Summer holidays em Chile, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Natureza

  Lenga turning

  20 Mar – 10 Mai · normalmenteCores do outono

  The southern beech goes red and orange across the lower valleys from late March, the wind drops off, and the park empties. Shorter days and colder nights are the trade, and the back of the circuit is already shut.

Ainda em andamento: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Jan – 31 Dez), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Flamingos on the lagoons (1 Out – 31 Mar (normalmente)), O Circuit opens (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Fechamento

  Back circuit and refuges shut

  1 Abr – 31 Out

  The park stays open but the far side of the massif does not: the John Gardner pass and most refuges close for winter, and some day routes require a guide. It becomes a park you drive and day-walk rather than trek. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  Puma tracking season

  15 Abr – 30 Set · normalmenteTemporada de vida selvagem

  The cold months are when trackers find them: fewer visitors, snow that holds a print, and long low light at both ends of the day. Late April to May and September are the compromise, with the wildlife without the deep cold.

Ainda em andamento: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Jan – 31 Dez), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Lenga turning (20 Mar – 10 Mai (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

Nada novo começa em maio.

Ainda em andamento: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Jan – 31 Dez), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Lenga turning (20 Mar – 10 Mai (normalmente)), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 Abr – 31 Out), Puma tracking season (15 Abr – 30 Set (normalmente))

Movimentado — Winter holidays em Chile

Nada novo começa em junho.

Ainda em andamento: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Jan – 31 Dez), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 Abr – 31 Out), Puma tracking season (15 Abr – 30 Set (normalmente))

Movimentado — Winter holidays em Chile, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em julho.

Ainda em andamento: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Jan – 31 Dez), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 Abr – 31 Out), Puma tracking season (15 Abr – 30 Set (normalmente))

Tranquilo — um dos piores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Jan – 31 Dez), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 Abr – 31 Out), Puma tracking season (15 Abr – 30 Set (normalmente))

Movimentado — Fiestas Patrias recess em Chile

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Jan – 31 Dez), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 Abr – 31 Out), Puma tracking season (15 Abr – 30 Set (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Natureza

  Flamingos on the lagoons

  1 Out – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de aves

  Chilean flamingos work Laguna Amarga and the shallow lakes by the eastern gate through the southern summer, with condors on the thermals above the same road.

Ainda em andamento: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Jan – 31 Dez), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 Abr – 31 Out)

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Abertura

  O Circuit opens

  1 Nov – 31 MarTemporada de trilhasReserve cedo

  The park service opens the back half of the massif around the start of November and shuts it again at the end of March, and it is walked counterclockwise only. The exact opening date depends on snow on the pass. Fonte ↗

• Risco

  Patagonian wind season

  1 Nov – 28 Fev

  The same months that give you the long days give you the wind, and gusts over a hundred kilometres an hour on the exposed passes are routine rather than remarkable. It knocks people over on the Grey and Nordenskjold shores. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  Guanaco birthing

  15 Nov – 10 Jan · normalmenteTemporada de vida selvagem

  Chulengos drop in the open country on the eastern side from late November, which is also why the pumas are working that ground in daylight. The herds are visible from the road, no hike needed.

Ainda em andamento: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Jan – 31 Dez), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Flamingos on the lagoons (1 Out – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Southern summer peak, Summer holidays em Chile

• Temporada

  Southern summer peak

  20 Dez – 28 FevFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  Chileans and Argentines take their holidays now and the trails carry their heaviest traffic of the year. Puerto Natales runs out of beds, and the base of the towers at sunrise has a queue on the last scramble.

Ainda em andamento: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Jan – 31 Dez), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Flamingos on the lagoons (1 Out – 31 Mar (normalmente)), O Circuit opens (1 Nov – 31 Mar), Patagonian wind season (1 Nov – 28 Fev), Guanaco birthing (15 Nov – 10 Jan (normalmente))