==Season 2023/24==
From 2024-02-13 to 2024-02-13 // 1 day // Hiking // NOBO // VARIANT H + RR // Quentin Clavel
I started from Trevelin (was going a bit further than aldea escolar on last section to resupply, have comfort in hostal and enjoy great food in a bigger city), I took the variant H then I continue on the RR.
It was a crazy hot day and there were unfortunately not a lot of trees to get some shadow. The section is pretty easy to follow. A bit overgrown on some rare part, and with these horrible spiky little plants that stay stuck in your shoes, socks and legs.
You'll pass threw a whole area that has been destroyed by fire few years ago, strange and sad atmosphere.
Then you reach the very nice Lago futalaufquen, as a gift for ending this little section !
Following the RR avoid you the entrance of the parc. So no need to pay. And I haven't been checked by guardaparque inside the park.
==Season 2022/23==
*General Information Recommendations:The Regular Route is best hiked from November to April. Hiking in either a northbound or southbound direction is feasible and recommended. The section is 40km long and takes about a day and a half to complete. Due to the ocasional overgrown state of the trail, bush bashing is required in several places and progress is a bit slow in many other places. However, the trail has been passable throughout. There are panoramic views, and an openness not common in adjacent sections. There are also a few kms of interesting bamboo forest. Previously, the opening few southbound kms of this section were officially closed, but they have since reopened. There is clear evidence of past fire damage in the opening segment and this has contributed to the openness of that segment.
The Regular Route is best hiked from November to April.
Hiking in either a northbound or southbound direction is feasible and recommended.
The section is 40km long and takes about a day and a half to complete.
Due to the ocasional overgrown state of the trail, bush bashing is required in several places and progress is a bit slow in many other places. However, the trail has been passable throughout.
There are panoramic views, and an openness not common in adjacent sections. There are also a few kms of interesting bamboo forest.
Previously, the opening few southbound kms of this section were officially closed, but they have since reopened. There is clear evidence of past fire damage in the opening segment and this has contributed to the openness of that segment.
* 2023-Mar-05 / SOBO / RR + 25H-F and 25H-01 / 1.5 days / Martin & Helena
Contact: @martin_hanzelka @helenneka
* 2023 January / Hiking / GPT25 Southbound / Mostly Regular Route / Martin Lizondo
Sections 23, 24, 25 southbound (RR Hiking)
GPT 23: I recently posted that this section is now possible to hike mostly on trail and without bushbashing (alternative route from El Turbio to Lago Cholila via Cerro Plataforma). Also the trail inside burned forest near Lago Puelo is maintained.
GPT 24: Good news. All trails of Huella Andina are now easy to walk, maintained and well marked. Only a few fallen trees can interrupt the easy walking in very specific areas.
GPT 25: walkable, but with some bush bashing following the barbered wire at lat. -43.043163 long. -71.538541.
Happy hiking.
*2022 Nov 13-14 Frank SOBO
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{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+'''GPT25H: Aldea Escolar'''
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| GPT25H: Aldea Escolar
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Hiking
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Packrafting
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"|Group
| colspan="2" | E: Lagos Argentinos
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Total
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|'''39.4 km'''
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|'''11 h'''
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| '''61.4 km'''
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|'''17 h'''
|-
| style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"|Region
| colspan="2" | Argentina: Chubut
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Trails (TL)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|15.7 km
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|39.8%
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 15.6 km
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|25.3%
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Start
| colspan="2" | Villa Futalaufquen, Lago Kruger Lodge
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Minor Roads (MR)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|23.7 km
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|60.2%
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 23.9 km
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 38.9%
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Finish
| colspan="2" | Aldea Escolar
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Primary Roads (PR)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Status
| colspan="2" | Published & Verified
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Cross-Country (CC)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 0.1 km
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 0.2%
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Traversable
| colspan="2" | Nov - Apr (Maybe: Sep, Oct, May)
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Bush-Bashing (BB)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|-
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Packraft
| colspan="2" | Only Burden
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Ferry (FY)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|-
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Connects to
| colspan="2" | GPT24H, GPT24P, GPT25P, GPT26, GPT70
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Investigation (I)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Options
| colspan="2" | 89 km (2 Options & Variants)
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Exploration (EXP)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|-
|-
|
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Hiking
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Packrafting
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"|
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Total on Water
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| '''21.8 km'''
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| '''35.5%'''
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Attraction
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|1 (of 5)
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 1 (of 5)
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| River (RI)
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Difficulty
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|3 (of 5)
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 3 (of 5)
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Lake (LK)
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 21.8 km
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 35.5%
|-
| style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"|Direction
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|Both ↓↑
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|Both ↓↑
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Fjord (FJ)
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|-
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Comment
| colspan="7" | -
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Character
| colspan="7" | Forest, Farmland, Settlers
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Challenges
| colspan="7" | Bush Bashing
|}
[[File:profile GPT25.PNG|frame|center|Elevation Profile of Regular Hiking Route (2019)]]
