GPT33H (Torres de Avellano)

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Season 2022/23

• 2023-Mar-30 to 2023-Mar-31 / 1.5 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR + Option 1 / Martin & Helena

We started from Villa Cerro Castillo around 11 AM and took ferry from the port the next day at noon. The former RR trail follows path of Sendero de Chile, and starting with no expectations we were quite impressed with what it offers, especially all the amazing views of Cerro Castillo. It's definitely a good short alternative to the Torres del Avellano detour that we were forced to skip. Trail is easy to follow and you can find many camp spots along the way. There are many small shops in Puerto Ibáñez. Knowing the ferry schedule we went directly to the port where were just a few others in this time of the year.

Contact: @martin_hanzelka @helenneka

• 20.02. - 24.02.23 / Anna & Christopher / SOBO, Villa Cerro Castillo - Puerto Ibáñez

In the afternoon we started hitchhiking the Carretera Austral to where Option 3B starts. There were lots of people trying to hitchhike directly from Villa Cerro Castillo, so we figuered to have a better chance if we walk further up the Carretera Austral. We soon got lucky. That day we walked the dirtroad until km 4.4 and camped there next to a small stream.

The next day was mostly easy walking on dirtroads until the crossing at km 45.5 (which is relatively easy to miss!). We camped at km 49 at the edge of the forest.

The next day the weather turned bad once we reached the section with all the boulders on the ascent to the pass. We did some unnecessary climbing by not sticking to the main route. When descending we lost the main route again and briefly tried to descend without it, which we soon realised is a bad idea, so we climbed back up to where we lost it. We spent the night at the camp at km 63.4.

The next morning we woke up with a clear blue sky and finally saw the Torres del Avellano. Really amazing rock formations. The following bushbashing part seemed ok to us, we had worse ones on the GPT so far ;). First we walked on to the right of the river following a good animal path. Once it ended we changed to the left side and stayed there. About 2/3 of the route is a realtively good path and the rest was some easy BB and climbing over fallen trees. Luckily the ford at km 69.8 was easy to cross. We took variant E from where on the trail was in a great condition and we could walk pretty fast. The river crossing at km 81.1 was more demanding and went almost up to Annas hips (1,63m). We camped soon after that at approx. km 81.5.

We continued on variant H the easy trail on the dirtroad until the lake, where it gets more demanding (we underestimated the continous ups and downs). The views are amazing though. It gets pretty windy next to the lake. We camped at a tiny spot at km 109.3 next to a small stream.

On the final day we walked to the bus station (6 pm) and took the ferry to Chile Chico the same day (8 pm). This section was great :)

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Retired Section Article GPT33H - Puerto Ibañez

Retired Section Article GPT33H - Torres del Avellano

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GPT33H: Torres de Avellano				Hiking		Packrafting
Group	H: Aysen Sur		Total	157.0 km	49 h	147.6 km	44 h
Region	Chile: Aysén (XI)		Trails (TL)	45.6 km	29.10%	25.9 km	17.60%
Start	Villa Cerro Castillo		Minor Roads (MR)	93.0 km	59.20%	73.3 km	49.70%
Finish	Puerto Ingeniero Ibañez (Puerto)		Primary Roads (PR)	3.7 km	2.30%	2.3 km	1.60%
Status	Published & Verified		Cross-Country (CC)	14.3 km	9.10%	15.1 km	10.20%
Traversable	Dec - Mar (Maybe: Nov, Apr)		Bush-Bashing (BB)	0.4 km	0.20%	0.4 km	0.30%
Packraft	Deployable		Ferry (FY)	-	-	-	-
Connects to	GPT32, GPT33P, GPT34H, GPT34P		Investigation (I)	(5.2 km)	(3.3%)	-	-
Options	382 km (9 Options & Variants)		Exploration (EXP)	-	-	-	-
	Hiking	Packrafting		Total on Water		30.5 km	20.7%
Attraction	5 (of 5)	5 (of 5)		River (RI)		1.7 km	1.2%
Difficulty	5 (of 5)	5 (of 5)		Lake (LK)		28.8 km	19.5%
Direction	Both ↓↑	Both ↓↑		Fjord (FJ)		-	-
Comment	-
Character	Semi-Desert, Forest, Alpine Terrain, Glaciers, Mountain Pastures, Farmland, Settlers, River Packrafting, Lake Packrafting, Road Walking
Challenges	Demanding River Fords, Exposure to Elements, Clambering, Bush Bashing, Demanding Navigation, Resupply Distance, Possibly Impassable