Cerro Tronador (Refugio Otto Meiling)

This two-day Patagonia hike leads to Refugio Otto Meiling on the slopes of Cerro Tronador, one of the most prominent peaks in the Bariloche region. The route climbs through coihue and lenga forests before emerging onto a high rocky ridge that culminates at the refuge (1,905m). Positioned between the Castaño Overa and Alerce glaciers, the stay offers a unique opportunity to witness active glacial calving. The trail follows a well-defined path of forest floor and alpine rock, with a final sustained push to reach the rocky spine where the hut perches.

Mount Ararat (Ağrı Dağı) is a massive, dominant dormant volcano and the highest peak in Turkey, towering at an immense 5,137 meters (16,854 ft). Geographically situated in the extreme east of the country, jutting up aggressively from the surrounding plains near the borders of Iran and Armenia, it is famous worldwide as the biblical resting place of Noah's Ark. Climbing Ararat is a strenuous, non-technical high-altitude mountaineering expedition. Typically completed over 3 to 4 days from the southern route near the town of Doğubayazıt, the trek involves slogging up vast fields of volcanic scree, establishing camps at 3,200m and 4,200m, and finally executing an exhausting, freezing midnight summit push over the permanent ice cap that crowns the peak.