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|Actividad=Trekking
|País=Chile
|CiudadesChile=Curicó
|BellezaEscenica=Atractiva
|Atractivos=Vistas panorámicas, Bosque, Lago
|Duración=2 días
|Dificultad Técnica=Bastante Difícil
|RequiereHabilidadTrek=No requiere
|Sendero=Tramos sin sendero
|Señalizacion=Insuficiente
|Infraestructura=Camping, Inexistente|ComparteIdayRetornoTipoTrek=Ida y Retorno por la misma rutaAscensión Cerro|Latitud1=-35.476367|Longitud1=-70.994300
|Distancia=32000
|MetrosAscenso=1273
|MetrosDescenso=88
|Comentarios distancia=
|AltitudMedia=1603
|Primer Autor=Joaquín Baranao... Translated and amended by Tim Stolerman
|Imágen Principal=Acampando_Laguna_de_las_Animas.jpg
|ComentariosImagen=Acampando en Laguna de las Ánimas
|KMLZ=Laguna_Las_Animas.kmz
|ComentariosMapa=Trek a Laguna Las Ánimas
|ComparteIdayRetorno=Ida y Retorno por la misma ruta
|TipoDeMap=HYBRID
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[[File:Laguna_Las_Animas.jpg|frame|center|Laguna Las Ánimas, enero de 2010]]
[[File:bosque Siete Tazas radal.JPG|thumb|En el bosque de robles entre Parque Inglés y El Bolsón. Diciembre de 2016]]
[[File:Valle El Bolson.JPG|thumb|Vista al Bolsón. El refugio El Bolsón se aprecia por su techo verde. Mirando al Este, diciembre de 2016]][[File:Colmillo_del_Diablo_Parque_Ingles.jpg|thumb|[[Colmillo del Diablo]] desde el Refugio de El Bolsón]]
[[File:Refugio_el_bolson.jpg|thumb|Refugio El Bolsón, con el [[Cerro Colmillo del Diablo]]. Mirando al norte, enero de 2010]]
[[Archivo:Panoramica - Valle del Indio 01 (piedra).jpg|thumb|Ruta en medio del segundo matorral. Foto: Andrés Roncagliolo]]
[[Archivo:DSC02713.JPG|thumb|Letrero indicando ruta hacia la Laguna de Las Ánimas]]
==Best time of year to go==
Between October and April. During the rest of the year, it gets really cold and the top end of the trail tends to be covered in snow.
==Getting there== ===By car===Exit the Panamerican Highway (Ruta 5 Sur) to the East, via the town of Molina, then follow the K-175, followed by the unpaved K-275 until you reach the small village of Radal, which is situated 72 km to the southeast of Molina, and serves as the gateway to the national park. You then have to keep following the same road uphill for around another 10 km in order to get the CONAF park rangers' office in {{Access Parque Inglés. In order to get to the village of Radal and the national park from Talca, you have to leave the city to the East, passing through the settlements of Lo Beño and La Placeta on the way. The first 30 km of this route are paved. The remaining 40 km consist of travelling along a decent-quality gravel road. The road does get narrow in certain spots but it has passing places, which you might have to pull into, from time to time, in order to allow oncoming traffic to go past. ===By public transport and hitchhiking===From Santiago, the only bus company that goes directly to Molina is PULLMAN DEL SUR. These buses leave from the "Terminal Alameda"/"Terminal de Santiago" complex , which is located next to the "Universidad de Santiago" Metro station. It isn't possible to buy a return ticket from a Santiago but the price of a one-way ticket should cost CLP $4,000-$5,000 During the peak season -- largely defined, in this case, as from Christmas time to the end of February -- buses go all the way to Parque Inglés from Molina. These local buses leave from the bus terminal, which is located about half a block away from Molina's main square (Plaza de Armas). If you have any enquiries about the buses then e-mail "Buses Hernandez" buseshernandez@gmail.com. Address: Calle Maipú 1735, Molina. Bear in mind that, for about nine and a half months of the year, these buses only go up as far as the village of Radal, which serves as the entrance to the protected area. A second option is "Buses Radal Siete Tazas", whose buses GENERALLY only run during the months of January and February, and on long public holiday weekends in December. Both companies have Facebook pages, in Spanish, where they publish their bus timetables If you miss your bus to the national park and are short of time, you can hitchhike from Valdesina, which is a small settlement on the road between Molina and Radal. You can take a minibus or ("micro") to Valdesina. These minibuses leave from just outside Curicó bus terminal and make a stop at Molina bus terminal on the way. It's just a case of riding one as far beyond Molina as it will take you, and then getting off the minibus before it turns around and heads back the other way. If you can't find a minibus to Valdesina, then just hop on one that has a destination sign on the front that includes the place name "TRES ESQUINAS". These minibuses can at least drop you off on the Molina-Radal road -- specifically, in the settlement of La Palmilla, which is about three kilometres further down the road from Valdesina. Either way, make it clear to the bus driver that you plan on hitchhiking to Radal/Las Siete Tazas, so that he knows where to drop you off. Bear in mind that if you are visiting the national park, without a vehicle, outside of the peak tourist season, then even in the BEST case scenario, you will have to hitchhike into it from the village of Radal. Ingles}}
==Description of the route==
==Photo Gallery==
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File:ejemploAnimas_Tim.jpg|Por la orilla de Laguna de las ÁnimasFile:Colmillo_del_Diablo_Parque_Ingles.jpg|Colmillo del DiabloFile:Salto_del_Indio_Parque_Ingles.jpg|Salto del IndioFile:Valle_del_Indio_Parque_Ingles.jpg|Valle del IndioFile:Laguna_de_las_Animas_de_arriba.jpg|Laguna de las Ánimas nevadaFile:Cerro_las_animas.jpg|Cerro Las Ánimas. Mirando al noreste, un poco más al este de la laguna. 2/1/2010File:Playa_Laguna_Mondaca.jpg|Playa de la Laguna Mondaca
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