El Chalten Trekking

El Chaltén Trekking provides information and interactive maps of the trails close to El Chaltén, in Patagonia. Also it covers the northern area of Los Glaciares National Park including the long-distance trail «Huella de Glaciares» that connects with the Carretera Austral de Chile. The off-line function allows walking the trails without network connection through the GPS positioning of mobile devices in real time and with the base map hosted in the application. Finally, it shows «Expeditions» that can only be carried out accompanied by a mountain guide, with different programs and circuits offered by specialized agencies.

The main map shows all the routes with their level of difficulty, including icons to click and display additional information and links. To improve the navigation experience, in each map window you can choose from three design layers: cartographic, topographic and satellite.

When selecting a trekking trail, the basic data and a link to the individual page opens. There the technical characteristics, the altimetry graph, a brief description of the route, points of interest and services providers are shown. There is also the option to download the trail track for navigation on offline mobile devices that have GPS applications. It is possible to print the map on paper or PDF to bring during the tour too.