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==When to visit==
[[Archivo:Climograma_San_Jose_de_Maipo.png|thumb|left|Climograma de Climate Graph of San José de Maipo]]
*'''Trekking''':From October to May. During October and November there could be a considerable amount of snow to hinder the hike and make it impossible to reach the end of the road by car, but this will be rewarded with an even more beautiful landscape than in the summer months.
*'''Ski Touring''': Between June and mid-October. Keep in mind that starting mid-August it might be necessary to carry your skis on first stretch. On the other hand, in mid-winter the car path is cut at Lo Valdés mining facilities, so you might have to start at Baños Morales.
[[Archivo:Laguna_del_morado_marzo.jpg|thumb|Laguna del Morado en Marzo]] This town is the last spot to fill up, but requires taking a small detour to the north river side. You must keep on the main road and avoid the detour to Baños Morales.
After 1,6 kilometers from the fork at Baños Morales, the paved road ends and you will pass Lo Valdés mining facilities, where there is some accumulation from the gypsum mine. Six kilometers further from the fork to Banos Morales, and after the "Cuesta de los Afligidos" hill, you will reach a bridge that crosses the Colina river. Just 120 meters after this bridge you will reach "Cabrerío" ([http://www.panoramio.com/photo/63263955 ver foto del lugarsee photo]), to the left of the main path.
"Cabrerío" consists of basically a shelter that is frequented by herders. You can recognize it by a large rock with a small chimney on the top. Here is where the main road is abandoned by turning left on the fork in front of "Cabrerío" to venture into the Arenas mountain valley (set the kilometer marker to zero at this point).
===Flora and fauna ===
[[Archivo:Laguna del morado noviembre.jpg|thumb|Laguna del Glaciar del El Morado en noviembreglacier lagoon in Noviembre]]
Regarding the flora, low shrubs no higher than 50cm dominate the area, alternating with turfs of gramineas, with hard leaves. Perennial herbs dominate humid sectors. Native species stand out with the presence of wild exotics. You can find the sclerophyllic Andean scrub, and the high Andean steep of the Santiago mountain range forms in the high Andean sector (Volcan river)
