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GPT01 - Cerro Purgatorio

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==Season 2022/23==
* 2023-Feb-19 to 2023-Feb-20 / 2 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR / Luisa & Hannes
Started in Ramon Supercaseaux 8200 directly at the gate. Pretty hot below 2000m, siesta highly recommended. A lot of bees around everywhere except pass-area. No water in the first spot after the pass, you'll find it about 1-2 kms ahead. A local said that water was cut up there. Weekend with many tourists in Estero El Sauce Valley. Good Kiosk at the valley entrance. Took us 2 days.
* 2022-Dec-04 / Hiking / SOBO Option 1: Reserva Nacional Rio Clarillo / Tomáš
I really wanted to try the option through Reserva Nacional Rio Clarillo. I took the bus MB-74 to Pirque. The last stop is here: 33.7290444S, 70.5371567W. There was a sign saying it is prohibited to enter, but some people told me I can pass. From there one can walk along the airport. Once you get to the main road, there is a locked gate, but the fence can be crawled under. I would recommend to take the standard route for cars, the walk was schorching. It was Sunday, I am not sure the other bus lines were in service. I have not seen them, MB74 seemed to be going once every twenty minutes or so for 900 pesos.
* 2022-Nov-26 / Hiking / SOBO / RR / Martin & Helena
We started the first section from the metro station at Puento Alto, which is also a good place to buy some missing supplies and water - mall with Lider shop is right next to the main square. The gate 1 at approx. km 12 opened after less than 15mins and some guy in a car let us in after explaining that we just want to pass and showing the map. The other gate not so far away from the entrance was opened. Following the main route, we spent the night in a nice camp place at km 19.5 with water available just few hundred meters before that (bridge, water 18.7). Keep in mind to carry enough water on the way to the pass! We met the next day 2 families at the bridge, water 29.7 that went there for camping, they were really friendly and offered us some homemade cake. We decided to finish the section the next day, which was Staturday, and therefore as we were coming closer to the village we met a lot of hikers at the GPT01-F. Before continuing to the section 2, we stopped to refresh ourselves at Kiosko Los Acacios, on the left side after the bridge on the main road (the other kiosk before the river was closed at the time). They have fried empanadas, amazing natural strawberry juice (jugo frutilla), yogurt with granola, everything with reasonable prices.
* 2022-Nov-09 / Hiking / SOBO / Adrien Kunzli
Start at the reserva natural de clarillo impossible even if i arrived at 8h30 am. No arrangement possible with the guard.
* 2022-Okt-31 / Hiking / SOBO / RR / Yannic & Mirjam
We traveled by metro to Puento Alto. Because the bus MB73 did not come (probably because of holiday) we took an Uber to Posta la Puntilla (much cheaper than to Puntilla Rural).
==Season 2020/21==
* 2020-Nov-14 / Ricardo Gold / Regular Route SoBo / 1 day (faspacking)/ Hiking / SOBO / RR / Ricardo Gold
We tried both entrances to the gravel road. Both closed with big gates (RR @KM13). We did an alternative start from Pirque that it did work, but is a significant longer (but nice). I would suggest to review this segment as the two main entrances seems closed for good.
==Season 2021/22==
* 2021 Nov-19 / Hiking / SOBO / RR / Kris&Stiina
We wanted to avoid the boring through-town and road walking so we took the micro-bus from Puente Alto to Puntilla Rural which only left us 2km of road walking. It’s a micro-bus MB73 and it goes right on the same street when you come out of the subway. It doesn’t have a stop so you just have to wave it down when you see it coming, ticket costs 750 pesos. After those 2km on the asphalt road we turned off to a minor road with an impassable gate which is normally closed, but luckily we only waited less than 10 min. and a car came and we just walked in, they didn’t ask us anything so it seemed alright. 2nd gate was open. Water sources were flowing well. Climb was brutal, super steep and very, very hot. We imagine this section could easily be walked a month earlier to avoid the baking in the furnace. Great views from the “Pass”. We camped at the “Bridge, Water” waypoint after the pass, nice place, but unfortunately we had lots of tiny, very hungry biting flies there. We saw a lot of campers in the valley before El Melocotón, which was a bit of a surprise, more than 20 tents, perhaps people enjoying nature on the weekend? We didn’t go in to El Melocotón but continued straight to GPT02.
* 2021-Nov-16 09 to 2021-Nov-10 / 2 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR / Marc Anthony
Started this section afternoon on November 9th. The gate at -33 36.774’ -070 30.027’ is lockedfirst day and arrived in melocotón same time next day. Didn’t find anybody around Took a taxi from Puento Alto metro station to askthe Plaza in Pirque, but it magically opened up behind me just as because I was about to leaveadvised against walking alone through Puente Alto by the locals. Quite a lot of mini shops with empenadas and other food when following the paved road from Pirque. When turning from the paved road onto the first minor road I encountered a big locked gate, which luckily opened because cars were coming driving through from the other side. Did see After a couple more cars going of kilometers another locked gate appears but i walked around the same direction as right side and found a smaller open gate that I walked on passed through. When the minor roadterrain starts getting steeper, I found it very hot to walk here during the afternoon. Might be worth waiting around for some time Definitely wouldn’t want to see if anyone will drive through?Found water walk there in all expected placesthe middle of the day during summer. Would recommend carrying a good amount with you on your way up onto Also the section right before the mountain pass, since this a is very hot and steep section especially in . Best to walk here during the afternoon and it will be awhile before morning when you’ll have the next shadow of the mountain. Rest of the way was generally easy enough, carried plenty of water sourcewith me.
Found a place called Posada Del Jinete in southern part of El Melocotón with Cabañas for 80.000 and hostal room with to beds for 40.000. Not the cheapest but didn’t find a lot of options nearby. The father and son who are running the place are nice people who can tell a lot about the area. Small tienda/café down the road from hostal with only basic supplies
* 2021Started this section on November 9th. The gate at -Nov33 36.774’ -09 / Marc Anthony  Regular Route SoBo, 2 days (started afternoon on first day and arrived in melocotón same time next day)070 30. Took a taxi from Puento Alto metro station 027’ is locked. Didn’t find anybody around to the Plaza in Pirqueask, because but it magically opened up behind me just as I was advised against walking alone through Puente Alto by the locals. Quite a lot of mini shops with empenadas and other food when following the paved road from Pirque. When turning from the paved road onto the first minor road I encountered a big locked gateabout to leave, which luckily opened because cars were driving coming through from the other side. After Did see a couple of kilometers another locked gate appears but i walked around more cars going the right side and found a smaller open gate that same direction as I passed through. When walked on the terrain starts getting steeper, I found it very hot to walk here during the afternoonminor road. Definitely wouldn’t want to walk there in the middle of the day during summer. Also the section right before the mountain pass is very steep. Best to walk here during the morning when you’ll have the shadow of the mountain. Rest of the way was generally easy enough, carried plenty of water with me.Found a place called Posada Del Jinete in southern part of El Melocotón with Cabañas Might be worth waiting around for 800.000 and hostal room with some time to beds for 400.000. Not the cheapest but didn’t find a lot of options nearby. The father and son who are running the place are nice people who can tell a lot about the area. Small tienda/café down the road from hostal with only basic suppliessee if anyone will drive through?
Found water in all expected places. Would recommend carrying a good amount with you on your way up onto the mountain pass, since this a very hot and steep section especially in the afternoon and it will be awhile before the next water source.
==Season 2019/20==
* 2020-Jan-03 / Frank / Regular Route (RR) to 2020-Jan-04 / 2 days / SouthboundHiking / SOBO / RR / Frank
See transport section if you want to skip the first 13KM roadwalk. Midsummer is not the ideal time for GPT01 as it is very hot, there is little shade & not much water. If you do walk there are several small shops on the road up to KM13.
* 2019-Dec-13 to 2019-Dec-17 / 5 Days / Hiking / SOBO / GPT01-Option 1 and GPT02 / Ian Hikes
Overview: I decided to combine GPT 01 and 02 using the alternative route through Rio Clarillo National Reserve which is something I do recommend. You do have to pay $5.000 to enter the park. You then follow the river up to the pass where it joins the official route. The two sections are very open and exposed with wide open views across the mountains and high mountain passes.
Difficulties: My biggest difficult in this section was the lack of water. There were many sections that were dry and, on many occasions, found me going 15-20km with water. I would suggest taking extra care planning out water resupply along the route. I usually took 2-4L of water at any given time in these two sections. . Also this section is very remote and did not see anyone for 3 days.
Highlights: High mountain passes and great open views (especially for sunrise and sunset)
* 2019-Nov-27 / Hiking / SOBO / Family Size
Locked gate with barbed wire (S 33° 36.795', W 070° 30.049') on the official route. Found someone at the gate up the road (S 33° 36.702', W 070° 29.640') who unlocked that one for me. He said the road behind is no private property, but it's always locked. After another gate (S 33° 37.141', W 070° 29.927'), with a hole on the right to climb climb through, this road connects back to the official route.
 
There is plenty of water on the B alternet uphill. Almost at the top it tastes a bit like cow shit after filtering. There is a lot of OK water at the bottom of the downhill and quite a few tourists especially on weekends.
* 2019-Nov-17 to 2019-Nov-18 / 2 days / Hiking / SOBO / Matus & Anna
We walked GPT01 in 2 days, including one nero day. We used uber to get to the trail, hope your driver won't be stupid enough to take shortcuts through slums :). There is a gate on the beginning of trail, after a "discussion" (we don't speak spanish) they let us go through. Climb was really hot, make sure you take enough water from the last source on the way up. There is water on the other side, but first marked water source didn't look the best. There is a river cutting a trail a bit down from that point. We stayed in a campsite on the begining of next section which was nice. They have really sticky ferral dogs there which we had a real problem to chase to not hike with us.
* 2019-Nov-11 to 2019-Nov-13 / 3 days / SOBO/ RR / Martina & Ivo / Regular route southbound
It took us 3 days as we started late in Santiago and arrived early in Melocoton. As it's still low season everything is shut down in Melocoton so we took the bus (which runs every 30 minutes) to San Alfonso, where we found nice cabañas and three small resupply tiendas.
 
 
* 2019-Nov-09 / Martina & Ivo
We went to Puente Alto and then Pirque by Uber. The drivers know where the protests take place and avoid those areas or areas which got recently destroyed.
* 2018-Dec-15 / Austin Davis to 1018-Dec-16 / 1.5 days / Southbound Hiking / Regular RouteSOBO / RR / Austin Davis
[http://notabadplacetopee.com/gpt01/ Blog: GPT Section 1 – Cerro Purgatorio]
==Season 2016/17==
* 2017-Feb / Bethany Hughes, Lauren Reed Hiking / Northbound NOBO / GPT02 connected directly with & GPT01 Option 1 Rio Clarillo without resupply/ Bethany Hughes, Lauren Reed
[https://her-odyssey.org/ Blog: Her Odyssey]
* 2017-Jan / Gerald Klamer Hiking / Southbound SOBO / GPT01 Option 1 Rio Clarillo connected directly to & GPT02 without resupply/ Gerald Klamer
[http://geraldtrekkt.blogspot.com/2017/04/greater-patagonian-trail-1-santiago-coya.html Blog: Greater Patagonian Trail 1 Santiago-Coya]
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