Cambios

On the 6th day, I started from Laguna Hermosa at 8am and reached the main car road around 3pm. The trail after Hermosa disappears and requires a lot of attention to your GPS to navigate. The scree traverses are entirely manageable. I had to think twice before placing my feet though. The trail becomes visible and much easier at km115 when the valley trail connects. No one was at the puesto at km121.1, just three dogs. Trekking poles were enough to fend them off. There is indeed a new metal gate with a lock at approx km 126. No guards are positioned there. I climbed the gate without issues. I then hiked to Camping Lagunillas. There is an extremely friendly owner who after listening to my story let me a cabana for a price of camping (10,000 CLP) for a night. He also mentioned another Czech fellow hiker Tomáš who visited the place a few days before me. The camping has a small almacen there with some lentils and rice to buy (however, the selection is not enough to resupply). They also sell beer, cookies and can make you a soft dinner and breakfast (empanadas, lentils, waffles, coffee, sandwiches). I hitchhiked to Antuco Abanico the next day. It seems there are many more buses from Abanico to Antuco/Los Angeles these days. The bus schedules could be looked up on the Internet. I caught one at 9:30am.