Cambios

- neoprene socks 2-3mm for long & cold river walks;

- no leggings (thorny bushes).

Hi! It's my 1st post here. Sorry for my English and for visual points - haven't PC now (can't export my tracks from Garmin).

We had full equipped and experience for WW packrafting/rescue (plan - scout rapids/portage of Rio Frey GPT25P)

Get started on Rio Azul near camping Puelo Rústico

https://maps.app.goo.gl/784hgD2TAvatH5bs8

Area Lago Puelo:

1. Lower Rio Azul: be careful then main stream of the river goes under the branches of trees.

2. Relax paddling in ideal weather is 5h00m for cross lake.

3. Settler {23} [27.5/202] (42°13′43.82′′ S 71°40′05.95′′ W) is house of rangers. We met friendly ranger. Easy registration and recommended for us Option 1 - Rio Derrumbe to Lago Cholila. Sayed it took 4-5 days and need send him SMS then finish.

Option 1 (Rio Derrumbe):

4. First 7km ideal horses trail. 3 Gates, 1 house.

5. Next 4km 20-40% move up on river's water and sometimes bad trail. In this area no problem with find place for camp.

6. When river splits need to resume right on stream of feeder(!) Rio Derrumbe. We find trail, whose move up to Rio Derrumbe. Understand our mistake after we gained altitude 30-50m higher feeder. Traverse back on feeder via bushes of old bamboo spent much energy. Not recommend it!

7. Back on feeder of Rio Derrumbe starts blockages of wood on river. 80+% of 3km moves up in cold water.

Bush-bashing:

8. When GPT23 Option 1 end, we dropped our backpacks in Camp {23} [45.0/1005] and spent next 1/3 day for scout.

In bushes near camp we find fresh wooden cuts trail (S 42.326167° W 71.691081°). Very wide. Look like trail for cows. Didn't know. But in 350m trail end (S 42.327150° W 71.693988°). 50m before couloir: start really bush-bashing required machete. Any attempts to find new wooden cuts was failed. But after couloir we find easy bush-bashing way, there no need machete. S 42°19.6970' W 71°41.7178' 100m bushing on West and start good coniferous forest. Before back to river, we had 50m bush-bashing.

9. Paso gives options for climbing to Cerro Tres Picos in good weather. Will take 1-2 days.

Down from paso we find old (maybe dry) river's stream. Then resume move down river's water.

10. 42°21′18.22′′ S 71°42′20.16′′ W trail goes up in bamboo bushes on left side of river. Detour mini canyon of river. Don't miss it.

Most hard part for us:

11. After back on river route seems easy and thought we would get next 5km in 2-3 hours and reach Camp {23} [54.3/933]. Haha! We got this Camp only next day.

12. When river go in next mini canyon on trail start bush-bashing with big area of blockages of wood 42°22′03.03′′ S 71°41′54.50′′ W We made short scout. And didn't find any option when go near river. Sometimes we dropped our backpacks, hugged and saids: "we could do it".

Now I thinking, that we didn't find better way to detour this blockages of wood. I recommend spent time to scout this part of trail without backpacks.

After 200-300m it was end. All took 2,5-3 hours. We was happy resume move down on cold water of river. 42°22.1355' S 71°41.8298' W

13. Next mini canyon of river easy detour on right up hill with burnt forest and young bamboo. Must be careful then moove down of hill - cliff break.

14. After hill find fresh trail in bamboo bushes 42°22.3894' S 71°41.4524' W But after 400m lost trail and moved down to river by dry small feeder about 100m.

15. We reach Camp {23} [54.3/933], split backpack with packrafts and went to scout. Find trail on right side of river.

Next 10km:

16. Trail start often used. Less fords. Little problem with wooden blockages in burnt forest. One new gate.

Lago Cholila, Rio Carrileufu:

17. After hard tracking it's really relax paddle. Upper speed of Rio Carrileufu average 7km/h. Middle, Lower 3km/h.

Be careful then main stream of the river goes under the branches of trees.

18. No bread, frutas, vegetables in shop (La Negra) in Villa Lago Rivadavia.