Cerro Fitz Roy

The hike to Mt. Fitz Roy is an all day hike. We again had beautiful weather for it. The hike gave us some great views of the geological features that glaciers create, look mom I am learning something! Of course, all of the names are spanish names. The first picture shows the valley created by glaciers that have receded long ago. In the distance you can see where the head of the glaciers were. As the glaciers moved (snow compacting and becoming ice in the mountains advances the glacier below) they carved these valleys. The silt that filtered out of the ice and remained from the rock being carved creates a flat fertile land in the valley. The receded glaciers form morrones, which is a ring of smaller rock built up usually around a glacier lake. These are deposited as the rock is scoured by the glacier and carried to the lake where it is deposited. Thats the end of class today kids. This second picture is Mt. Fitz Roy ... amazing!