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==Season 2024/25==
Section 5
*'''2024-DEC-1 to 2024-DEC-5 / 3.5 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR + OH (var. H)/ Ivan, Jakub, Daniel'''
We combined stages GPT05 + GPT06, taking food for 6 days. GPT05 was a beautiful and challenging stage, where fords were a daily routine. We started with a two-hour evening hike from Los Queñes. We bivouacked here [-35.0616712, -70.8124902]. We continued along a minor road to the intersection [32.1/1509]. At the originally marked ford [17.1/1075], there is now a bridge - we did not ford. We managed the marked ford [23.5+1.7] with dry feet. However, we waded through a rather challenging ford [33.1/1455] at Rio Claro. The water reached waist level for my height of 178 cm. It is definitely better to walk 200 m upstream and wade twice - across the main river and then its tributary. A little past the pass [40.7/2354], where there was only a bit of snow, there is another ford [45.2/1919] (Rio Barroso) and then [51.2/1940] (Rio Negro). Both were not particularly difficult. There is a nice grassy bivouac at the puesto [37.0/1927] (Vacas Gordas). One of the most challenging parts of this stage is the CC descent into the Río Colorado valley. This is a very steep slope, where moving down is essentially sliding on gravel. Be careful. Fortunately, the key bridge over the roaring and absolutely uncrossable Río Colorado [55.0/1468] (Puente Las Yeguas) was there, allowing us to cross the river safely. The ascent from the river valley is not as difficult as the descent into it. The plateau around lake [16.3+0.2/2499] was completely covered in snow, and we were once again grateful for our microspikes. From this plateau, there is also a magnificent view of the mountain Descabezado Grande (3953 m above sea level), which is passed in GPT06. As we descended toward Laguna Mondaca, the landscape is dominated by basalt columns on the surrounding hills. Under one such rock, there is a beautiful bivouac at -35.43769, -70.66022. In this valley, there are a total of three fords [68.8/2340] (Rio San Pedro), [81.0/1604] (Estero San Jose), and then [83.0/1465]. All three were knee-deep at most for my height, making them safely fordable. After Laguna Mondaca, we first safely waded the low ford [24.6+2.6/1480] (Estero Volcan) and then disconnected from the main route at the intersection [87.9/1632] to connect to GPT06 via variant H. We managed the ford [23.5+1.7/1613] with dry feet. In the Estero Volcan river valley, we went CC over several fords until we reached the Trailhead {06} [25.1+0.8/1725]. These fords recorded in the track files did not correspond to reality. The river in the wide riverbed was braiding in its sediments and often flowed differently. However, there were a total of four fords over almost two kilometers, with the highest being just above knee level. At the thermal springs [27.4/1986] (Hot Spring del Azufre), we took a dip in the warm water and then continued south on GPT06.
==Season 2023/24==