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==Season 2024/25==
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2025/03/09 / 3 days / SOBO / Arnaud Simorre '''</span>
Staying at the farm/camping Los Coigues for a few rest days, I went on the itinerary two separate times :
- First time bike and hike to Lago Leones. The river was in flood, I cycled a bit more further the end of pista, approx 7,5 km before the lake. A significative part of the itinerary was underwater after the end of the road (up to above knee level). This day the Río Leones was very high, covering all sand banks and islands, with strong eddies and boils visible from the bank. As said below, packrafting the first 9km of river would require significant white water skills and safety precaution (Class 3 rapids). I spent around 2,5 hours walking in water this day and got confirmation from people leaving in the valley that the path has been flooded most of the time for 2 years
- Second time hike to the end of pista and packrafting down the Río (2 days). River level was way lower, like 50cm less, and packrafting to the lake easy, with no visible difficulty. Arriving at the delta I made the mistake to follow the strongest stream and reached the lake north of the delta, which added a challenging time paddling back to the road. WARNING: When reaching the lake, exposure to the wind increases strongly. Wind is most commonly ENE which brings you away from the coast. I would strongly advise not to go out on the lake with wind above 30 km/h. With this wind speed, I had to struggle a lot to keep near the coast and wind speed can raise really quickly in this section.
People from the farm/camping Los Coigues are very nice and welcoming, and it's a great place to stay in a autonomous Patagonian family farm. As said below they sell bread, eggs, marmelade and other homemade stuff.
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2024/12/14 / 2 days / SOBO / Juan Montesinos/Olga Slizovskaia '''</span>
Complementing the already said info:
The lands precedent to the glacier belong to a Swiss Citizen which insist in forbidding the access. Neighboors and other pobladores insist he has to grant "derecho de paso" through the land. We were advised just to go.
We camped in the glacial lake, beautiful spot. Next day we attemped to reach the glacier as we had pretty much a perfect weather. We did around 7 out of 10 km and turned back due to increasing wind and lack of energy to keep going. The spot is awesome and camping is recommended even if not attempting to reach the glacier. The lake is very open and sensitive to wind, if the forecast is not frankly perfect, it's not worth to carry packrafts up there. On the way back there is a camping/farm managed by a family. They are very gentle and welcoming if you need a camping spot/shower/food. They sell eggs, bread and many other things.
==Season 2023/24==
