GPT29P (Valle Picacho)
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Season 2021/22
- 2022-Jan-04 to 2022-Jan-06 / Tobias Schorcht / Northbound / Regular Packrafting Route from Picaflor to Puerto Cisnes / 2.5 days
Exploring this Remote Valley was one of my favourite parts of the southern GPT. Since there were some days with heavy rain before I went, water levels were high. Many rapids class 2 let me enjoy the Rio Picacho a lot. Such a wild and mystic place! The first rapid of Lago Copa could be packrafted as well, the 3 other rapids I needed to bypass, which was VERY challenging, because I didn‘t bring a machete (stupid me). It took me 4 hours to bypass the second rapid of Lago copa (only 2,5 Kilometers!). Don’t ask how I managed to get through that dense Jungle, but there was also no way back. I looked very funny afterwards. The third Rapid on Lago copa is „easy“ to Bypass. Thanks to Tobias Hellwig, Ricardo Campos , Jen Ni and Meylin Elisabeth Ubilla González for cleaning up the last bypass from Lago Copa to Lago Escondido in 2019!! The Trail is still visible, only some parts are overgrown. I highly recommend to read there well written and detailed Report below.
Season 2020/21
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Season 2016/17
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GPT29P: Valle Picacho | Hiking | Packrafting | |||||
Group | G: Aysen Norte | Total | - | - | 192.4 km | 44 h | |
Region | Chile: Aysén (XI) | Trails (TL) | - | - | 0.7 km | 0.40% | |
Start | Carretera Austral (Camino Picaflor) | Minor Roads (MR) | - | - | 24.0 km | 12.50% | |
Finish | Puerto Cisnes, Puerto Cisnes | Primary Roads (PR) | - | - | 12.7 km | 6.60% | |
Status | Published & Verified | Cross-Country (CC) | - | - | 3.9 km | 2.00% | |
Traversable | Jan - Apr (Maybe: Dec, May) | Bush-Bashing (BB) | - | - | 1.3 km | 0.70% | |
Packraft | Required | Ferry (FY) | - | - | - | - | |
Connects to | GPT28P, GPT29H, GPT30H, GPT30P, GPT31P | Investigation (I) | - | - | - | - | |
Options | 263 km (3 Options & Variants) | Exploration (EXP) | - | - | (39.9 km) | (20.7%) | |
Hiking | Packrafting | Total on Water | 149.7 km | 77.8% | |||
Attraction | - | 5 (of 5) | River (RI) | 127.2 km | 66.1% | ||
Difficulty | - | 6 (of 5) | Lake (LK) | 16.3 km | 8.5% | ||
Direction | None | Only ↑ | Fjord (FJ) | 6.1 km | 3.2% | ||
Comment | Hiking: Hiking not feasible | ||||||
Character | Packrafting: Flip-Flop recommended | ||||||
Challenges | Valdivian Rain Forest, Sea Coast, Farmland, Settlers, Unpeopled Areas, River Packrafting, Lake Packrafting, Fjord Packrafting |