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==Season 2024/25==
'''2025-APR-05 to 2025-APR-08, 2025-APR-10 / 4 days + 1 day cycling/ Hiking, cycling / clockwise / RR, part of opt 02B / Nimrod & Tamar
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4 sunny and windless days made this an amazing experience for us. The automn colors were great.
We are hiking with trail runners which made this muddy section harder for us. We would love to use boots for this section if we had a chance.
After a rest day we rented a bike and took the MR on 02B to watch whales and return the same day.
Day 1:
We went straight south at the southern end of Prat st. and skipped 2 km.
The trail was very muddy and snow started to be annoying from approx 300 m alt. Anyway the trail was clear by steps on mud or snow. The snow made everything beautiful and some ponds were even frozen. At some point we saw a beaver diving below the snow.
After the pass it was pretty much CC without a clear trail. A lot of fallen trees (because of the beavers?), a lot of flooded areas. It was hard to follow the GPS tracks so we just hiked where it seemed OK. There are sticks and pink stripes marking the trail from time to time but the path is not good.
Camped at Refugio Beauchef with flat and (almost) dry ground.
Really enjoyed meeting another hiker who already made a fire, and dried our shoes with him.
Day 2:
Same muddy unclear path until we started ascending Monte Betinelli.
The ground becomes dry and the path is clear and easy to follow the trail, and later the stone piles. We really enjoyed the view from the summit of south side!
Camped at (-55.02647, -67.65712). Thanks Mia for the suggestion.
Optional to camp 300 m before with better views, but not perfectly flat ground.
Day 3:
Easy to follow the trail, though it was yet very muddy.
Camped at (-54.98048, -67.79293), quite wind protected and flat.
Day 4:
Easy climb to the pass. We loved the view of the lake and the beagle.
Going down after the like we struggled a little to find the pass due to fallen trees and we were very happy to finally arrive the MR. Traffic was surprising, a car every half an hour+- and we hitched easyli.
Day 5:
After a rest day we rented bikes in the commercial center. 10k clp for a day and you need to return before 9pm.
We rode to (-54.92879, -67.28339) on the MR. It took about 2.5 hours of net riding. We loved the way along the shore. At Punta Euginia we have seen whale glimpses every 10 minutes or so. If you do it we highly recommend taking binoculars.
We had perfect weather so riding was easy.
* ''' 2025-MAR-29 > 31 / 2,5 jours / Randonnée / RR / Pierre-Marie '''
Etape : GPT67
| Meteo : soleil, nuages, neige
| Eau : facile
| Neige : oui
| Intérêt : 5/5
| Difficulté : 5/5
| Danger : Chemin boueux, hors piste, neige
Bus Puerto Natales > Punta Arenas 8 000 CLP puis Ferry Punta Arenas > Puerto Williams 150 000 CLP (seulement le jeudi). J'ai dormi au camping, la dame est très gentille et arrangeante. Il y avait 5 autres français qui venaient de finir la rando. Ils m'ont donné quelques infos sur l'état du sentier. J'ai commencé la rando après une nuit pluvieuse. Il y a un balisage mais pas assez serieux pour laisser son GPS de côté. Des pieux sont planté pour indiquer le chemin. Mais après le km 17 c'est vraiment du CC dans les marais ou dans les bois. J'ai vraiment été ralenti. La trace GPS ne correspond pas au sentier réel. Il est plutôt fréquenté alors autant l'utiliser et remplacer la trace GPS par le vrai sentier. Le refuge du km 14,9 est un tas de tôles en vrac. Le refuge Charles par contre est un vrai refuge étanche et spacieux avec un poêle. Malheureusement un arbre est tombé dessus et il penche sérieusement. Ce n'est pas rassurant mais j'ai quand même dormi dedans car mes chaussures étaient mouillées à cause de la neige et de l'état du sentier. Le vent s'est levé et quelques nuages sont arrivés. La randonnée est superbe. Il y a des cairns partout pour baliser le chemin. Le premier sommet était légèrement enneigé de la neige tombée la veille. Le vent à déjà formé des petites congères ce qui ne m'a pas aidé pour monter. A 16h de la neige a commencé à tomber et le vent c'est renforcé. J'ai campé juste avant le dernier col dans un super endroit sous les arbres au bord d'un ruisseau (-54.9767451, -67.7947797) espérant qu'il ne neige pas trop pendant la nuit. Il a neigé 20cm, du coup le chemin dans les arbres est un vrai calvaire car on ne voit plus le sentier. J'ai eu du mal dans la montée et dans la descente. La partie roche était super simple car toujours autant de cairns. Je n'ai pas fait de stop sur la route, je n'ai vu que 4 vehicules. Je suis retourné au camping. J'ai pris le ferry vers Ushuaïa pour 130 000 CLP avec la réduction du camping (160 000 CLP sinon). Le Border Control CL (-54.9349747, -67.6042888), le Border Control AR (-54.8079179, -68.3033996).
*'''22 -feb to 25-feb 2025 / 2.5 days / OH 01 + RR + Monte Bettinelli / MiaimZelt'''
Day 1: Was sick for many days and didn't feel really well when starting, therefore decided to skip Lago Windhond. Very easy hiking Cerro to Bandera. The slope below Cumbre Bander is very steep and the trail is very small and exposed - no problem with good weather, but would not recommend this in snowy conditions. Short, but very steep descent to Laguna Salto. Saw only one good spot here, further up there are more possibilites, but exposed. Paso Australia and Paso de los Dientes were both easy and nice. Did a detour to Monte Bettinelli and pitched my tent here with dry ground and some protection by forest: -55.026471, -67.65712 before ascending the mountain. Incredible views! Watched cute beavers in the pond next to my campspot.
Day 2: Waked up with sleet in the morning. Hiked back to the main trail to continue the Dientes Circuit. Fortunately the rain stopped soon and i could enjoy the beauty of nature. Nice hiking to Paso Ventarron and Laguna Martillo. -54.992911, -67.781427 This was the only campspot with good protection from the wind i saw. You often find flat ground but mostly it's very wet. The first half of the ascent to Paso Virginia was tricky due to the very very muddy trail. Started snowing here. The second half was much easier, but i couldn't see anything due to bad weather.
The descent was easier than expected: extremely steep with very loose ground, you slide down a bit with every step, like walking on sand. Camped at the end of Laguna de los Guanacos behind low beech bushes. Snowed the whole evening and some minutes after pitching my tent strong winds started. Got stronger during the night and couldn't sleep due to the noise of the snowstorm, but the tent was fine.
Navigation was easy so far.
Day 3: Trail was often not visible with the snow, also less signs and cairns than the other days. A few meters below the lake i found a campspot (at least for 3-4 tents: -54.951364, -67.76058) with very good shelter in the forest. I would recommend these instead of the spots next to the lake, but i didn't know this option last evening.
Descent from the lake to the road was more difficult than from Paso Virginia because it was muddy like hell. Maybe it was because of the bad weather. -54.94473, -67.732571 Here the trail splits up to left and right. Took the left trail suggested from the GPT-files. First part was nice and easy, later is was awful: a maze of mud and no trail nor signs. I guess the trail to the right is maybe better. Was relieved when i reached the road and got a hitch soon.
*'''23-nov to 28-nov 2024 / 5.5 days / Hiking & Packrafting / Hiking RR to Lago Windhond, Packrafting PR, Hiking Option 2A and 2, RR / Manon & Robin'''
Day 1: We started from the camping El Padrino at midday. We started by the Regular Route going directly South towards Lago Windhond. We hiked 13km this first day and stop nearby a small lake to put our tent before the weather was too bad - it was raining and started to snow...
Day 2: We finished the hike towards the south to reach Lago Windhond, with the objective to cross the lake with our packrafts ! We arrived quite late at the lake at 4PM, there was a bit of wind, but we started crossing with the idea to stop on the shore or on the island on the way. The weather forecats indicated not too much wind for the next day too. Finally we followed approximately the route indicated as RP and stopped on a very small island on the middle of the lake and slept there - incredible experience !
Day 3: we started packrafting early and followed the proposed PR track - diagonal across the lake. With the small wind, there were also a bit of waves, and following this diagonal route, at some point we were very far from every land - that felt quite exposed and we felt afraid of being so far from any shore, so we decided to go perpendicular to the east shore to finish our ride along this east shore. Much better feeling when we are only around 200m off the shore. We think a better Packrafting route, at least for ultralight packrafts as we have, would be to follow the eastern shore all the way. Even more because some locals told us there is a hiking trail following the eastern shore of the lake if needed. At the end of the crossing, we were very cold witht he cold weather and the cold water of the lake ! It took us time and energy to warm up. We then followed the hiking route EXP-RP-CC-A {67} [32.1+0.3] and EXP-RP-CC-A {67} [35.4+2.8] and we cross the river at EXP-RP-RI-2 {67} [32.4+0.1] (Rio Windhond), we managed bu the water was very deep at this point (even if no current), so we think it is easier to cross the river further from the lake if possible.
We hiked down to Bahia Windhond, then walked on the beach until we crossed the river again - very easy cross on the beach. We then joined back Option 2 to go back North. We slept on this track at altitude 160m, found a spot with trees for wind protection.
Day 4: We came back to Refugio Windhond following Hiking Option 2. For that, we went up along a long and wet valley. Even if the slope is low, you can't go very fast in this terrain with no trail , crossing wetland and small vegetation patches. At the end of this valley, the pass is then rocky and very steep. There was no snow to go on the pass so it was not too dificult. To go to Refugio Windhond, we wanted to shorten a bit the distances so after the pass we found our way directly down to the Refuge. It was mainly very dense Bush Bashing, so not sure it was advantageous in terms of timing !
Day 5: We are finally back on the regular route of the Navarino circuit. We have a nice day on trails until Laguna Martillo.
Day 6: we have low amount of food left, so we decide to finish the trail today to be able to eat a lot for dinner ;) Lond day of hike then. The trail is well marked until you are in the forest - The presence of castoreras makes it more difficult !
==Season 2023/24==
=Transport to and from Route=
DAP fly Punta Arenas-Puerto Williams