Cambios

Nearly the entire trail can be hiked without entrance permits or paying an entrence entrance fees. A few exceptions are mentioned already above under [[#Trekking Direction|Tekking Direction]]But not just this; many of the humble people living along the trail will welcome you or even invite you to stay. Hospitality matters.

The But there are a few exceptions; some already mentioned above under [[#Trekking Direction|Trekking Direction]]. Unfortunately the public right of way is a vague and sometimes ignored public right in Chile. By Chilean law the access to the coast, to lakes and to rivers is a public right but there are numerous cases even in the media where this public right get gets disregarded. There are simply no penalties if someone unlawfully denys accessdenies passage. I'm not sufficently sufficiently familiar with Chilean law to state if there is a similar public right of way for applies to all the horse and hiking trails that lead over on private properties. But if it exists it’s occasionally disregarded. Some rich landlords with huge plots employ guards and instruct them to deny access to anyone.

Some rich landlords with huge plots employ guards and instruct them to deny '''Section 2-3''' '''Fundo Las Truchas''': The fundo Las Truchas is owned by a regional big farmer. When he purchased this ranch he first kept it open for public access to anyonethe attractive Laguna Las Truchas. but Unfortunately some landowners disregard itlocals don’t treat their environment without respect and litter or fish without limits. IThe owner got annoyed and now denies public access in particular to local citizen. When entering the fundo Las Truchas northbound you may be send back by the guard. If entering southbound you may be asked to leave the property in the direction you are hiking anyway. 'm not aware ''Section 3 Bad Weather Option''' '''Hydropower Station El Toro''': The Hydropower Station El Toro is owned by Endesa and controls the valley Rio Polcura upstream of Abanico. A permanently manned gate controls the legal situation northbound access from the Abanico. There are no similar controls when entering the property southbound from the the Laguna de Las Lajas. An access permit may be requested in respect advance. '''Section 12''' '''Parque Huilo Huilo''': During the later days of hiking trails but if the Pinochet Regime large parts of the state owned forest around the Lago Pirihueico were sold under obscure circumstances to the German immigrant Victor Petermann. He later converted the forest into a “private for profit natural reserve”. The emphasis seems to be on profit. Permanently manned gates now limit access to guest of the luxury resorts. Wood logging continues in more hidden parts of the “profit reserve”. When attempting to take the former public road from Puerto Fuy to Pirihueico we were turned back on several of the gates. For this reason we took the ferry over the lago Piriheuco and took the same road but from the other side where we did not encounter any manned gates.  '''Fundo Chihuio:''' The fundo Chihuio is a situated north of the Termas de Chihuio and owned by rich businessman. The guard is instructed to deny access to the former public right as well than it road to Puerto Fuy and Pirihueico.  '''Section 13''' '''Fundo Carrán''': The Fundo Carrán is occasinally disregardedlocated south of the Lago Maihue. We crossed the Lago Maihue southbound and entered the fundo Carrán unknowingly from the shore of the Lago Maihue. We than walked about 5 km until we reached a locked gate just before a public road. We could easily climb over the locked gate to continue on the public road.