Out in it

Go out and meet the weather.

Nobody here asks about the forecast. You dress for all of it, and you walk.

Some of what you find along the way can be kept for your plan.

A walker below the Paine massif, Torres del Paine

The mountain is further on

At the edge of the steppe

It is in there somewhere.

Cloud down to the grass, and the wind going through it. You could turn back. Or you could wait.

Torres del Paine, one sunrise: 08:36, 08:38 and 08:42

Press and hold. Let go, and the cloud comes back.

The way back

You were not the only one out.

Guanaco on the ridge, watching you pass. A condor, if the air is rising. And somewhere on these slopes, perhaps, a puma.

Guanacos below the Cuernos, Torres del Paine

The lodge

Then there is a door.

You have had the wind in your ears since morning. You stop noticing it, until it stops.

Lago Sarmiento, Torres del Paine

The Paine massif, snow covered, doubled in a still lagoon under long bands of cloud, the three towers standing to the right of the summit

When would you come?

The season runs from October to April. Choose a month and see what it brings.

Come and wait for it.

The massif reflected in still water, Torres del Paine