Day 1: Beginning the 'O' circuit

Torres Central to Serón, 8 miles.

After leaving Torres Central, we ascended to the beautiful, expansive valley of the Rio Paine River. Serón campsite lay peacefully beyond golden meadows where wild horses grazed and Lenga forests thickened with “old man’s beard” moss. The Rio Paine river was a quiet, opaque, icy blue river of glacial melt water.