This three and a half hour trek to Refugio Grey takes you through a corridor of jagged rocks leading up to a ridge where you dip and rise till you are overlooking Lago Grey. If weather permits you will also get your first glimpse of glacier grey, however if it’s cloudy you will hardly know the glacier is there aside from the floating icebergs scattered across the lake. The trek to Refugio Grey is not difficult and maintains a steady elevation once you’re overlooking the lake. Grey has the same options as the other refugios, either stay indoors or camp outside it’s up to you. The sopapillas at the cafeteria are delicious after a day of trekking, these are highly recommended and surprisingly inexpensive. Stay the night here then decide to either head back and catch the catamaran at Paine Grande, or head to campamiento paso for a day hike or overnight stay. Paso provides a phenomenal vista overlooking glacier grey and is the closest you can get to the glacier, however isn’t considered part of the official W so once you’ve made it to refugio grey you have survived Torres Del Paine’s W Trek. Viewing the source for the surrounding dramatic landscape really brings together the raw nature of the park, and is a perfect example of how all life on earth is interconnected one environment affecting the other.
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