In reply to UKC News:
Its a really interesting area with lots of potential for further climbing and mountaineering. Mt. St. Valentine is near there. The highest mountain in Patagonia, it is fairly regularly climbed by skiing across the North Patagonian Ice Cap, the east face is still un-climbed and appears from photos from afar to offer good mixed lines. Protected by a jungle approach.
Its not as accessible as the mountains around El Chalten but its not hard to get there.
The huge dolerite columns alluded to are Cerro Colorado and I think it would be plausable to head here from El Chalten for a week if the weather forecast in the mountains was clearly bad.
