How To Visit Huemul Glacier From El Chalten, Patagonia

Huemul Glacier is a nice small picnic near El Chalten, in the Patagonia region of Argentina.

I did this height recently and really enjoyed it! They are short, easy to cost relatively, and you can see some gentle mountains, iceotens, and bright blue lake.

It is a great way to spend a day between walking for long distances like Fitz Roy and Laguna Torre, and most people visit El Chalten do not know this spot yet, so it is still a little hidden jewel.

This travel guide will explain how to reach Hueemul Glacier, and what is expected to rise!

Quick facts*

• distance: 3 km (1.9 miles)
• Height earning: 215 meters (700 feet)
• The maximum height: 725 meters (2,375 feet)
• difficulty: easy

*These statistics are dedicated to raising the trip back and forth

Cross the bridge

How to get there

Huemul Glacier is about 35 km north of El Chalten, and you can get there by car or bus.

The drive takes 1.5 hours by car or two hours on the bus. Everything is on narrow stones, but it is comfortable enough.

Your hotel at El Chalten can book the bus for you, or you can Book it via Zona Austral. I found it easier to arrange through Jurisdiction.

Mountain views on the way to Huemul

The bus cost is 25,000 peso per person to get a back and forth ticket, which is about $ 23 from 2025. It deserves it!

The best views of the road to Huemul are on the left side of the bus, where you can see Fitz Roy and some other wonderful mountains.

I took the bus at 8 am, then I went back at 4 pm. This gave me 6 hours of spare time, which was more than enough time to do the height and also a vision of Lago del Disero near.

If you have additional time, you can join the boat riding around Lago Del Deserto!

Parking for cars in TrailHead for Huemul Glacier

Kiosk where you pay the entry fees

Entry

There is an entry fee for height Huemul Glacier because it is located in private property.

The fees are 10k Pesos (about $ 9 USD) per person as of 2025, and you can pay them with cash or credit card.

TrailHead has a lot of parking spaces, toilets and small stalls where you can buy snacks, drinks and souvenirs.

The beginning of the height to Huemul

Follow the signs

Huemul Glacier Hike: What can be expected

This height is short and easy, with a little slope near the end. You may not break sweat.

Before starting to walk long distances, you will already get a great view of TrailHead ice rivers while walking through the fence and backward pasture of the cow.

From here, the corridor is mostly shaded by a green moss forest, and there are many cute waterfalls along the road that deserves a short path.

Forest path

It takes less than 30 minutes of walking long distances to reach the lake base and see the ice rivers, which is amazing.

Unfortunately, I had no great weather, so it was cloudy and a little rainy, but on a sunny day the water can be very blue!

Sometimes if you are lucky, you can see Huemuls Wild here (South Andean Deer), which is how the place gets his name.

I have seen some mosquitoes in the lake, and I saw some reports on flies, so you may want to bring errors in a state.

Huemul Glacier & Lake

There was a handful of other hikers in the lake, but for the largest part I had everything for myself, which is nice. Most people still do not know that.

If you want to go forward, there is a side route at the top of the hills on the eastern side of the lake, giving you looks on the lake from the top.

It only adds 15 minutes to the height, so I highly recommend!

Above the lake

Huemul iceberg

Darb map

Here is Map of alltrails This indicates a long -distance walking path and a height definition file.

If you register Alltrails plusYou can download the map and use it in a non -connection mode while walking. It is very useful!

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Thanks for the search! I hope you enjoyed this guide to visit Hueemul Glacier near El Chalten, Argentina.

Don’t forget to check out other travel guides for Patagonia before you go!