GPT41 (Lago Viedma)

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Resupply and Accommodation

No facilities for 108KM after you leave El Chalten. 89KM from Chalten where the road joins Ruta 40 there is a big bus shelter, you could sleep in it. However the route via the shelter is about 7KM longer than the inland route on dirt tracks,

The pampa is semi desert & there is no water along the route apart from the points marked Bridge on the track file. Water is very silty, you will need a filter.

Possible campsites: 15KM from Chalten just after the bridge is a building with no roof. You could sleep in it or camp behind it.

After 108KM (or 102KM if you take the jeep tracks) you reach La Leona. Camping for $10 US or 9000 pesos (nov. 2023 price) Expensive accomodation (about $100) but rooms were closed in November. They said rooms open in high season (beginning in December) Restaurant open for hot food 8AM=4PM & for snacks, pizza & beer until 8PM. Pick the most sheltered spot in the campsite, it gets very windy & can knock tents which are not well sheltered.

Resupply and Accommodation in nearby Towns

Lots of shops & bakeries in Chalten. Hiking shops also & you can get camping gas.

La Anonamia supermarket in El Chalten

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