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==Season 2024/25==
'''2024-Jan-15 to 2024-Jan-20 / 2.5 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR, OH10C+D (Laguna Liay) / Nimrod & Tamar
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1st day:
After buying some supplies from a family we started hiking up the valley.
There were some unmarked puestos and tons of nice places for camp.
We asked permission from the family in a puesto to camp in their area and camped at ().
2nd day:
Last water point is near puesto [14.5/1297]. Next water point is near Laguna El Barco on RR or Laguna Liay.
There was a trail crossing at approx (-37.83314, -71.27040). We didn't notice it because the trail which is not on the files is much more clear, and walked on it for 200 meters until we felt something is wrong, and turned back. It might be easier trail up.
OH (10-C) until approx 1 km is partly easy CC because of the fire. From 1 km to 2.1 the trail has changed but it was easy to follow.
TL(10-D) does not exist and was hard BB so we skipped it. There might be another trail going down to the Laguna but we didn't look for it.
Camp {10-d} [0.1/1658] is really poor in comparison to the lagoon beach. It was a dirty pond with a lot of cows around. So we hiked back and camped on the beach at (-37.83347, -71.28245).
Had afternoon swim and really nice view!
3rd day:
Easy trails until laguna El Barco. We harvested low hanging piñones we found at (-37.84210, -71.27454).
We recommend bringing a 15 meters cord. We had only 4 meters. The piñones were not ripe yet but were sweet, and could be eaten fresh without roasting.
At Laguna El Barco we had to pay 1000 clp per person only for entrance. There was a small stand which sold fresh tortillas and some junk food. We had a Churrasca, coke, and ice cream 😋.
We discovered that the bus to Los Angeles departs Gulalli at 5:30 so we put an effort to get there before darkness.
When it was completely dark we saw a bus parking in a yard, 1 km before Gulalli! Happy and excited we discovered it was the driver's house, which let us camp in his garden and take a hot shower in his home.
The first bus stop is at the police station and the ride takes approx 5 hours and cost us 3500 clp per person.
* ''' 2025-JAN-09 to 2025-JAN-10 / 1 day / Hiking / SOBO / RR / Alex '''
Found an excellent campsite: S37° 46.967' W71° 16.896', right on the riverbank and free of cow manure. The river pocket was teeming with trout during the evening feed. A small fly or tenkara gear is recommended for fishing.
