Climbing area
Valle Encantado
Valley in Antarctica
One film shot in Valle Encantado.
- Type
- Valley
- Range
- Dufek Massif
- Region
- Antarctic Treaty area
- Map
- -82.617, -53.167
Valle Encantado, as presented in the supplied film material, is a granite-spired valley near San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina where teams explore compact towers and steep faces rather than long alpine approaches. The film record emphasizes bolting, route-finding and short, technical pitches on granite spires that invite mixed sport and trad techniques and on-the-ground route development.
ROCK TRIP | The North Face (2025) captures a nine-person, international team—Matty Hong, Shawn Raboutou, Sam Elias, Felipe Camargo, Angie Scarth-Johnson, Brette Harrington, Cedar Wright, Matt Segal and Caro North—working in and around the valley. The piece intentionally blends cinema-grade footage with phone-shot clips to document both polished climbing sequences and the quieter process work: bolting, cleaning, route-finding and scrambling between spires. That editorial choice makes the film documentary-first rather than an athletics highlight reel.
What a viewer will learn is practical and process-oriented. The film records how visiting climbers exchange techniques and local knowledge while establishing new sport lines, and it shows the group dynamics of a short development trip. For anyone interested in how contemporary teams approach bolting ethics, line selection, and collaborative exploration on granite spires, the film is a clear record of a compact, place-based climbing project.
