In the first year of architecture, whith the classmate of workshop went to Monumento Nacional Glaciar El Morado, a beatiful place located in the commune of San josé de Maipo, in the middle of mountains, 3.000 meter of altitude. That day were forecasted rainning but we were not important.
We arrived to the cars from Santiago until could, and after we walked about 4 kilometers to our destination. The walk start calm and the sun was shining midday and we very much overdressed.
The place were very beautiful, we walk in the middle to mountains, by the side of a river and while we advanced, the huge hills were approaching more and more. When we had already walked for about an hour, the landscape became white due to the accumulated snow and also the sky became cloudy and small flakes of snow began to fall.
We were almost arriving the glacier, when an electrical strm started, although it was dangerous we kept moving forward, we had already reached there and we were not going to stop.
From the summit you could see the whole valley and the view was wonderful, but the most impressive thing was that we werw very close to the lightning, even because of the static the hair on our heads raised.
On the way back we went sliding down the snow hill below, we arrived wet and freeze to the cars, but it was a walk that I would do anyway.
A unique and beatiful experience recommended for those who dare!
