Parking
The route is described as starting beside Camping Pehoé on Y-150, and campground parking is listed. Day-visitor access and parking permission were not verified; check with Camping Pehoé before entering.
Overview
About Mirador Cardán Trail
Why go
- A striking Lago Pehoé and Los Cuernos view for little walking.
Heads up
- Day-visitor access and parking through the campground are unconfirmed.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation32–54 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
2 active Torres del Paine alerts
- ClosureInternal Y-150 road closedThe internal Y-150 road between Sarmiento and Laguna Los Cisnes is closed. - This is the internal road segment; CONAF lists the separate Y-150 access road to Sarmiento as open.Official details
- CautionOne-way and guide-only trail restrictionsPlan around CONAF’s current one-way and guide-only trail restrictions.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Torres del Paine Tour Guide
Your drive to Mirador Cardán Trail, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Torres del Paine National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Torres del Paine audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Mirador Cóndor from Pehoé0:00 / 0:26
“Up ahead is the Camping Pehoé area, one starting point for Mirador Cóndor.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Torres del Paine Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Salto Chico and the Explora Lodge
- Lago Pehoé and the Island Hotel
- Finding South with the Cross
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- 81 audio storiesacross Torres del Paine’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Puma, Andean Condor, Guanaco, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 35 trails, 56 places, and audio download before you lose signal
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Trail guide
Hiking Mirador Cardán Trail
A quick lakeside out-and-backMirador Cardán is a short walk from Camping Pehoé to a beach on Lago Pehoé, with the Paine…
Mirador Cardán is a short walk from Camping Pehoé to a beach on Lago Pehoé, with the Paine massif and Los Cuernos across the water. The mapped footpath is about 0.31 mile round trip; allow around 10 minutes, plus time at the shore. It is an easy stop for a big lake view, not a longer hike.
Getting to the shoreThe route follows an unpaved footpath from the Camping Pehoé side down to the water, then…
The route follows an unpaved footpath from the Camping Pehoé side down to the water, then climbs back the same way. It is a brief walk, but the return is uphill. The path is described as starting beside the campground on Y-150; day-visitor access and parking permission there were not confirmed, so check with Camping Pehoé before entering.
At Mirador CardánThe path ends at a low beach viewpoint over Lago Pehoé toward Cordillera Paine and the…
The path ends at a low beach viewpoint over Lago Pehoé toward Cordillera Paine and the horn-shaped Los Cuernos. Wind can be fierce at the shore. For a photo, keep a little of the rocky foreground in the frame with the lake and mountains behind it. Pets are not allowed in the national park.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Torres del Paine
113 sightingsPumaMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
146 sightingsAndean CondorMost seen around noonSighting map
381 sightingsGuanacoMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
53 sightingsHuemulMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
36 sightingsLesser RheaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
11 sightingsWild HorseMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Torres del Paine. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
