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==Season 2024/25==
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2025-02-03 to 2025-02-04/ 2 days / Packrafting/ SOBO/ RP / Tomáš&Natalie&Thijmen'''</span>
We all met at camp at km 7.4 - it is paid, 10000 ARG for three people, very basic, only cold water and toilets available. The next day we got up early, started after dawn at 7:00 and paddled through the lake Ridadavia in 4 hours. In the beginning and middle we had some tailwind and waves (30 cm max), then it got better. By 11, we were on the other side, where there is indeed a rope. We are not sure if the sign that you are not supposed to cross without a guide applies only to fishers. Probably not, but seeing two fisher boats cross without paying attention to us, we went for it. The river Calihuel is class I, the rapid waypoints are not demanding at all, it took us maybe two hours to get to Lago Verde, but the river flows. We paddled the lake in 30 minutes. The shop at 31.6 with an extremely limited offer is misplaced, it is at the bridge at the end of Lago Verde: -42.72669, -71.74049 in a building with functioning toilets (yay!). The bridge is overrun with people. Rio Arrayanes does not flow that much, expect to paddle. Having read the reports about vigilant guardaparques, we wanted to sleep in an official campsite. Probably we would have gotten away with wild-camping if we managed to hide in the vegetation though. We camped at camping Cuma Hue here: -42.77572, -71.73476, 15mil pp. It has 9 places for tents, but not all were taken. Showers have lukewarm water, and toilets function (well, you pay for it, though I would not be sure in Argentina). Coming from the water, nobody checks you or sees you, we think we would have gotten away without paying, it was quite a struggle to find a person to pay at the hospidaje uproad. 29 km paddled in a day.
The next day we crossed waveless lake Futalaufquen to Lago Krugger. Only in the strait between the two lakes you get some stream helping you, as lago Krugger is not 2 m higher as OSM elevation data show. We were denied to go for 25P, see our entry there for details.
Thijmen notes:
* The camp site at lago Puelo was paid but cheap : 10.000 for 3 people.
* The river had some nice little rapids. Just watch out for the wood in the water and above the water. Great beautiful float !
* We were with 3 so we camped at an official camping, which was expensive (15.000) and barely had facilities (no electricity, internet or hot showers). Because I read on the Wikiloc other people got caught by the guards. If you are on your one I would wildcamp and be very stealthy. Don't show your boat or tent in sight from the lake.
* Lake futalaufquen and Lago Krugger are nice paddle.
* We went trough Lago Kruger in order to do the 25P. However when we wanted to start on the trail to trail next to Rio Frey we passed the guards and they did not let us trough and we had to show our pasport. So we returned hiking via option 1 to via futalaufquen.
* Option 1 is steep but very well maintained and easy trail.
* So if you wanne do #25P you have to sneak past the park guards by putting your packraft to shore more at the beginning of Rio Frey and sneak in the trail from there.
==Season 2023/24==
