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==Season 2025/26==
*''' GPT04 | 2026-02--08 to 2026-02-13 | 5 days | hiking | NOBO | Route: RR + 03A + 03 + RR (+04C) | Chris & Lotte '''
Difficulty: 2/5 (mostly a matter of physical condition, not many risks apparent)
Attractiveness: 4/5 (we were quite surprised how scenic and isolated it was, not much wow, but a constant nice, at least if you skip the paved road)
We took a bus ti Los Quenes from Curico at 13:00. There are several a day on weekdays.
Then the RR is a very busy and dusty MR full of trucks.
The new National Park (8kCLP each) has a huge gate with cameras and a bell on the right, that calls the architect/project manager of the NP. We rang and Manuel opened the gate remotely, despite the park being officially closed. He knew about the GPT and gave us some hints, where to camp (-34.94731, -70.74377). A bit off trail at the river under an amazing tree, a wonderful site, thats gonna become an official one of the park ib the future. The whole way is full of nice spots to take a bath, the campsite is no different.
Also the campsite splits the high pass in half, which is very comfortable.
Next day we hiked up to the Laguna de la Palma. No palmtrees in sight. laguna was quite muddy, not very nice to bath and filtering water was slow. we intended to do a zero up there but decided otherwise, as we didnt enjoy it as much. We took 03A+03 over Cerro Zapallo, which was really nice, and saw, that all lagunas were very muddy. We therefore decided to go to the next campspot at a river, marked at 30.5 (-34.83993, -70.76135). We met Ben & Sierra there, had a wonderful chat and spend the night there. The campsite juuust fits two tents, its not too good for larger groups.
Next we went to Laguna del Encanto, which is also an official campsite.
We accidentally took Option 04C, but ended up in front of a huge gate with a dozen signs and werent able to circumvent it. There seems to be no good reason to take this option though.
The Laguna is a wonderful swim but its also dusty and crowded. You shouldnt miss it, but prepare yourself for loads of people. Its relatively clean though, we saw a truck collecting garbage in the morning.
When walking out on RR we werent charged by anyone.
We started hitchhiking as soon as we hit the paved road and had a 100% rate in two rides to San Fernando. Not many cars around though in the beginning.
*''' GPT04 | 2025-12-15 to 2025-12- 17 | 2,5 days | hiking| SOBO | Route: RR | Michaela '''
- I completed this section together with Kathrin and Matthias.
- We took an Uber to Las Peñas and started our hike from there.
- At the start, we each had to pay 6,000 CLP.
- There's almost no snow left.
- There is a new bridge at: -34.989219, -70.754204
- We couldn’t find the camp spot marked at: -34.9863, -70.74956.
- When leaving Parque Cuenca Andina (just before Los Queñes), we each had to pay 8,000 CLP.
Attractiveness: 3/5 Difficulty: 2/5
1st camp: -34.876942, -70.744334 very beautiful next to Laguna Fría
2nd camp: -34.98989, -70.75438 very beautiful next to the river
'''GPT04 2025-11-24 to 2025-11-27/3 days/SOBO/ variant A/RR/Denis Rosa and Robert Hanulík'''
We took variant A with hope to find gas in Puente Negro, but not successful. We slept in camping Monteverde(8000 pesos per person). Owner of the camp gave us one camping gas.
Almost no snow on the trail, easy to avoid and even easier to slide down.
We slept next to the second lake, nice spot for camping.
At the end of the valley there is a gate where we had to pay entry fee to Parque Cuenca Andina 8 000 pesos per person (there is camping as well), we took the bus to Curico for 2 400 pesos.
Difficulty 2/5
Attractiveness 3/5
*'''2025-08-09: Track file update 2025 and investigation suggestions of Jan Dudeck'''
- New GPT04 Option 4 (Alto Huemul): This very scenic ridge route probably becomes traversable in January and combines well with GPT05 Option 1 (Lago Teno). We investigated this new route in February 2025 and found stunning.
==Season 2024/25==