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==Season 2024/25==
24-11-20 - 24-11-24/ 4,5,days / RR and variants/ Volker
An amazing hike in these spring conditions!
Gate at 3.3/1049 open at 9 a.m., nobody there
Water: all indicated spots reliable and many more in the upper parts. At the puesto at 67,8 it runs from a pipe behind the buildings (nobody there).
Fords: mostly easy, but 5 and 8 difficult (5: slippery rock on the ground at the ‚official’ crossing, I camped there, but it wasn‘t better in the morning, 20m downstream a rock in the middle of he river allows for a safer crossing; at ford 8 less strong but up to my thighs (1,97m).
A lot of snow, impossible to bypass, mostly easy, some short steep passages (mini-spikes; use the side-edges of your boots to make steps, dangerous in the early morning, chose your way carefully). However, conditions are changing now rapidly.
Camps: 1: On the ridge after the BB; 2: 30m left of the 5th ford; 3: on the pass after the cirque (windy, but very nice at 3200m); 4: 200m before the puesto at 67,8 on the valley-side, very nice, probably the spot Lilian found; 5: Gate and fence with barbed wire for the RR at the upper entry of the mine, very difficult to climb, impossible to bypass, it is a new plantation area. I continued on the MR through the mine to the PR. There an officer of the mine police picked me up (very friendly!) and drove me to the Check point. From there 5km to Coya, first on PR, so I hitchhiked - a local (very, very friendly) drove me directly to the supermarket (big, everything you need) and then further to the entrance of the Reserva Los Cipreses. As Alexey said: they don’t let you pass, only day visit. I wanted to stay in Coya anyway. The girl from the Conaf (very friendly) organised a cabana for me.
I saw a snake on the trail and met a puma, hiding in a bush 2m left of me, growling angrily. A group of arrierros (only people I met on these 5 days) had already warned me and asked, why I am walking without a dog. I barked loudly, imitating the missing dog, which helped me to keep cool; also helpful that I knew, humans are not their prey, it‘s cattle and so they are close to puestos.
2024-Nov-11-15 / Lukas-Tabea-Basil
