*2024-Mar-29 to 2024-Mar-31 / 2 days / SOBO / RR D / Matthias de Austria
Work Short and easy section. Some nice lakes and hiking through dense valdivian rain forest. No tabanos nor mosquitos, snowfields or wet feet fords. Parts might be muddy after heavy rainfall. Limited water beside lakes. No water at water? 20.3/942 no gate at 17.4/985 Gate 12.0/801: Entry fee 3k. Toilet there, waste bin and some benches with volcano view. Possible camp at 39.777226,-71.870598 close to laguna Ancacoihue/Corazon, which has quite sediment rich water. Camped inside the hut at 39.797914,-71.848616 due to rainy forecast. No direct access to the lake there, but a 5min walk south at lake, no camp 18.2/978. Don't know why no camp here, I think there is plenty of space and no forbidden sign around. Possible to swim but first 2m grown shore, then suddenly very deep. Refuge 18.2/978 burned down. First water from stream at 39.824602,-71.851464, there is also a bridge at 39.824787,-71.851347Don't miss junction at 39.826732,-71.848505, you have to turn right to the bad road otherwise you will walk to laguna chan chan. I put a log on ford 31.0/610 for dry feet crossing. Plenty of campsides around, fireplaces, a table...lake is the best for swimming, easy access, clean almost warm water end of March. Next to water 34.0/646 a camp should be possible. Shortly before Puerto Fuy don't follow the road, it leads to a locked gated at 39.870979,-71.889116. Or do so, then just walk a minute along the fence direction to the lake until there is a easy to walk through whole in progressthe fence.
2024-03-06 // 1 day // Hiking // NOBO // RR + variant B // Quentin Clavel
