The route
Torres del Paine, circuit W
65.5 km and 2,707 m of climbing in the shape of a W through three Patagonian valleys: from Hotel Las Torres to Refugio Grey.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 65.5 km
- Elevation gain
- 2,707 m
- Highest point
- 874 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 10
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
The W circuit starts at Hotel Las Torres, at 126 m, in Chilean Patagonia. It is a long-distance hiking trail named for its shape: three valleys joined into a W, those of the Torres, the French valley and the Grey glacier. The route covers 65.5 km with 2,707 m of climbing.
The first out-and-back climbs past Refugio Chileno (km 4.4, at 409 m) towards the Torres and passes it again at km 13.1. The route then reaches Campamento Italiano at km 36, goes up the French valley and passes Campamento Italiano again at km 47.6, before Campamento Paine Grande at km 55.1, at 46 m.
The high point is 874 m, at km 8.5, at the end of the Torres out-and-back. The longest climb gains 690 m, from km 32.7 to km 41.8, on the French valley side. The crossing ends at Refugio Grey, at 74 m, at km 65.5, facing the Grey glacier.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
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The route, drawn with a pen
The relief of the crossing, from Hotel Las Torres to Refugio Grey, takes shape in contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your name and your dates sit in the cartouche, in A4, A3 or A2.
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek