Torres del Paine & Puerto Natales · Sports & events

Run inside the national park over 42 km, 30 km, 21 km, 15 km and 10 km; the 2026 edition is on 5–6 September. It has been going since 2012 and fills the town's beds for the weekend, so book accommodation before you enter.

Big Foot Patagonia runs two-and-a-half-hour paddles among the icebergs on Lago Grey with several departures a day, and states it is the only company authorised to operate in that sector of the park. Dry suits are provided; the wind decides whether it runs.

The same operator runs a roughly five-hour outing with more than two and a half hours in crampons on the glacier itself. No previous experience is needed, but it eats a full day and it is weather-dependent.

Trail ultramarathon based in this corner of Patagonia since 2015, with 55K, 42K, 30K and 16K courses over high passes, glacier terrain and forest. The organisers have not yet announced the next edition's date, so do not build a trip around it until they do.

There is no professional club anywhere in the region; football in Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas is amateur. The nearest professional side is Deportes Puerto Montt in the second-tier Liga de Ascenso, and the closest top-flight clubs are in Concepción — effectively a flight away.