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Add Day 1I took the ferry from Puerto Fuy to Puerto Pirihueico (1,5 h, 1,150 CLP) at 11:00 and arrived at 13:30. I had lunch there and then started walking. It was a new log entry always on top very short hiking day. It took me about 1,5 hours to reach Camp {18} [22.3/615].The MR was slightly overgrown in the appropriate season subfirst part but not difficult.I camped here: -chapter 40.008089, -71.748051 - very nice spot. I enjoyed a swim and use format: a relaxed afternoon.

<nowiki>* '''</nowiki>'''Start Date Day 2Beautiful sunrise at the lake. Most of the trail was easy to Finish Date walk. From km 50,5 the trail became a bit more overgrown, but nothing serious, mostly high grass and some fallen trees that were easy to bypass.The forecast said there was a small chance of rain (use Format YYYY-MMM-DDand recently the real weather was always worse than predicted) / Duration , so I decided to sleep in Days / Hiking or <span style="backgroundthe abandoned hut: -color:aqua;">Packrafting</span> / Travel Direction (SOBO for Southbound 40.005992, -71.867541The hut is clean. There are several more or NOBO Northbound) / Chosen Route less broken bunk beds, one bed is intact. The roof is good. There are no windows and/or Option Name (RR for Regular Route) / Names or Alias'''<nowiki>'''</nowiki>two sides of the wall are open. I fixed the metal roof a bit because it was very loud in the wind.

If you are packraftingDay 3Sleeping in the hut was a good decision because early in the morning it started raining. Late in the morning the rain stopped and I started hiking. The Garmin forecast said there would be no more rain, put but again it was wrong. It started pouring heavily and continued until the afternoon.Despite rain jacket and rain pants I was soon soaked to my underwear. The trail itself was only strongly overgrown in a few sections, but most of the time the above into like this <nowiki><span style="backgroundgrass was knee-color:aqua;"></nowiki><span style="background-color:aqua;">'''YYYYto hip-MMM-DD / X days high, which is very uncomfortable when wet.I decided to sleep at Camp {18} [73.9/ Packrafting / SOBO / RP / Your name'''</span><nowiki></span></nowiki>468]. If you follow a hiking route for part of When I arrived the wayrain stopped and the sun came out, highlight only "packrafting"so I hung my clothes on the fence around the beehives, which was not a good idea. A bee stung me directly under the eye and my face swelled massively. Not my most enjoyable day (Happy Valentine’s Day).

Summary with remarks to route that are considered useful for other hikers Day 4I took Variante C. Easy MR. I arrived at the main road around noon and packrafterscould hitchhike without problems to Futrono. Include alerts, suggestions Here I stayed at "Hospedaje Futrono" – very nice place with a small shared kitchen and personal perception of attractiveness and difficultiesfriendly owners. Try to be specificSingle room with private bathroom: 25. Do not be shy to fix obvious mistakes000Shared bathroom: 20.000

 ''' GPT18/2026-1-2 to 2026-1-4/ 3 days/SOBO/RR/Denis,Robert''' Solid resupply option in Puerto Fuy.We took ferry Puerto Pirehueico. First they told us that there is no space for two of us, but I came again and begged lady behind the desk that we need to go tonight, and she gave us tickets. The schedule is on website. We camped in camp of the other side of lake 7000 pesos per person no warm water no electricity but they were willing to charge our staff in the house. The minimarket is not the best, few things and pretty expensive, I would resupply in Puerto Fuy. Until 64,2 km the trail is in solid shape, not that much overgrown. There is no water only around the highest point of trail 5 km before and after otherwise it is everywhere. Then next 8 km it is still fine some fallen trees but the grass is a bit of issue. It is pretty painful some kind of grass and it catches everywhere. But we had shorts not really appropriate clothing. Then the zig zag close to variant C we didn’t find and there is very steep cliff no possible to cross maybe we missed it somewhere higher. We followed the variant C and jointed the RR by small river maybe 300 meters in river will lead you to the big one. There is nice supermarket 2 km below Chabronco, we asked if they do have any spot for tent and they let us sleep in their garden.  Attractiveness 2/5Difficulty 3/5   * <span style==Season "background-color:aqua;">'''2025-12-11 to 2025-12-12 /2 Days / Packrafting / SOBO / RP + RH / Michel & Lisa'''</span> Day 1 We hitchhiked from the end of GPT17P to Puerto Fuy and got dropped off right at the ferry terminal. We had been unsure if we should do just the packrafting part of 18 or skip the section all together since there was a window of really bad rain forecast for the next 4-5 days after today. There was also considerable wind and gusts of up to 55 km/h forecast for the afternoon on the lake (northwesterly, so in the right direction). But when we saw the calm water and blue skies, we couldn't help it and really wanted to go. We decided to go as far as we could in one day and accept that we'd get wet the next day and simply take the ferry back to Puerto Fuy.The resupply marked in Puerto Fuy didn't have a great selection but there are more, better shops on the road Río Pilmaiquén (about here [-39.87319, -71.89129] and close by). We put in where the track files suggested and it was fine, we were in the lake at 11:30 and it was still pretty calm. Nice paddling for a few hours, the wind gradually picked up as forecast and we tried our Tyvek groundsheet as a sail which worked nicely and made us sail at up to 6.5 km/h. We had lunch break at 14:00 at camp [11.4/622] which was super beautiful and sheltered from the wind which made us want to stay there over night, but the forecast made us continue. Around 15:30 we had reached the long N-S arm of the lake (starting right where the private hot springs (13.9+0.5/607] (Not permanently staffed)) are. There the wind and especially the gusts (the forecast 50 - 55 km/h seemed about right) intensified to a level that felt a bit unsafe to us, so we stopped here: [-39.945079, -71.758877] at around 15:30. We waited for the wind to decrease, which was the case at around 16:15 so we continued sailing. The west coast of the lake is really pretty on this arm of the lake and we enjoyed watching our surroundings here a lot. The wind kept blowing until it shut down at about 18:00, which was the same on Lago Neltume the day before.We arrived at the end of RP at around 19:00 and set up camp, went for a swim and packed the packraft, planning to hike back to Puerto Pirehueico the next day. You could easily camp close by at the marked camp and walk along the coast to the end of RP as well. Here there is a makeshift table and a bit of trash lying around, but not much. Found a fishing hook on the table, so be careful with your things here. Day 2 Woke up to rain, but not quite as terrible as expected. Packed up and continued on RH-MR towards Pirehueico. Easy walking on the MR which we lost once and had to climb a fence and find back to it, not sure we made a mistake there or if it's the actually intended route as we also somehow lost GPS signal. But we made it to the PR and walked the last km to the ferry. Got our tickets and went back over the lake that we had paddled down the other day in such different weather. We were glad we didn't do it in this weather, although it would probably still have been possible without issues, just colder and more miserable. *'''2025-08-21: Track file update 2025 and investigation suggestions of Jan Dudeck''' - I rerouted the Regular Route for GPT18 Variant E, that was described in season 2024/25 as less overgrown then the Regular Route at this time. I "downgraded" the changed section of the Regular Route to Option H. * <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2025-11-23 to 2025-11-26/ 4 days / Packrafting / SOBO / RP (partial) / Dave & Siyuan, Jan & Meylin'''</span> Day 01: Lovely paddle on the lake. Weather was calm in the morning, and picked up in the afternoon before dying down in the evening. We camped at “Camp {18} [11.4/622]”. Very nice flat camp site. Day 02: As yesterday, calm weather in the morning and evening, with a windy spell in the early afternoon. We camped at “Camp {18} [22.3/615]”.  Day 03: We had a rest day. The police visited in the afternoon and informed us that there was a no camping rule anywhere around the lake. After some negotiation, they allowed us to stay overnight. Day 04: Early in the morning we paddled to the ferry terminal at Pirehueico and took the 12:00 ferry back to Puerto Fuy (1200 CLP). * <span style=="background-color:aqua;">'''2025-11-15 to 2025-11-19 / 4 days / Packrafting/ SOBO/ RP, RR, (former variants D, E) / Daniel.s'''</span> Started right after finishing GPT 17 early afternoon. With a weather front moving in and very strong tailwind I didn't dare going further than Camp {18} [8.0+0.5/632], which is sheltered from the wind.  Day 2 I paddled/ sailed the rest of the lake and took the afternoon off.I got a visit from Carabineros, asking questions but very friendly and helpful with Intel. They told me that ONE SHOULD REGISTER WITH ARMADA IN PUERTO FUY BEFORE CROSSING THE LAKE. Day 3 I hiked in a drizzle in my drysuit all day. NO MORE SNOW over the mountain. Camped at S 40° 00.872', W 071° 52.003'. Trail is as described before, many small obstacles, nothing major.  Day 4 I hiked the new regular route. No problem finding the way. There was one horse trail from a few days earlier visible in the mud and tall grass. Vegetation is only starting to grow, so maybe bring a machete later in the season, as there are a handful of places where bamboo and boysenberry might take over soon. Ended up hiking all the way to Chihuio and camped at the river thermal pools (mice ate my trail mix in the night, beware!)In the morning I started hiking towards Curriñe but got a lift quite soon. Several shops available for all your needs.On to GPT 19 in the afternoon.

No tabanos, mosquitos, snow fields, only dry feet fordings, humans (after Pirehueico). Almost all easy hiking on MR but some really nice, remote views deep into the woods. 4km bushbashing on option 01 (OH-TL-V 18-01 (7.4+5.5)). Option 01 has a right of way dispute warning, but I did not met anyone (1st april eastern Easter monday afternoon).

I arrive around 11am, next ferry is sold out. I buy a ticket for the next one, but then later just ask the ferry guy if I can take his one. It is no problem, pleny of space on the ferry, only 1 car but quite a lot of chilean pensioners on a day trip (eastern Easter saturday).

[Note 2024 November: This is not in the GPT yet at all, but it is in our suggestions in the 2024 Track files. This is a part of an alternative Argentinian route connecting GPT16 all the way to GPT21. In our opinion, for hikers it is probably better as it involes a lot less roadwalking and is very scenic (and the roadwalking there is is mostly easily hitchable). It might be slightly mode difficult than the RR. This is especially useful when coming from the Villarica traverse. What follows is roughly what corrresponds to second half of GPT18, previous log is in GPT16, next GPT19. Look also at Hannes von S report who followed us:

Several restaurants and a small shop which has coffee, tea, pasta and flour.Cabañas and camp ground ==Resupply and Accommodation along the Route== *2024 / Quentin Clavel  Puerto fuy Is a touristic place, so few restaurant and fiestas (these places with kind of street food, and lot of tables and chairs at the center, love the atmosphere there), accomodation and mini market.  I FOUND GAZ IN NELTUME !! (5km on the road after Puerto Fuy (Easy to hitchhike, I did all the ferretería of this city and I found a Gaz screw bottle in the ferretería Camilo (39°50′46.12″S 71°56′39.48″W).  In Puerto Pirihueico, possibility to east as well, recommandation for the empanadas and food in Mane's place, just at the ferry.  On the road from maqueo to curriñe, there's plenty of option for camping, small minimarket too, and even some restaurants. Curriñe : For a bigger choice, the best option looks like to be at the junction from Ruta T559 and T557, (Shop {18} The Hostel Andalue [93.3/214], called almacén de provisiones curriñe). I was there, they have quite a good choice to resupply. =Transport to and from Route= There are frequent buses from Valdivia to Pangipulli, about one an hour from 8AM to 9PM.There are 5 buses a day from Panguipulli to Puerto Fuy Monday-Friday, 4 on Saturday & 2 on Sunday39. The last one every day is at 7:30 PM Ferry Puerto Fuy: [[Archivo:20240106 090352.jpg|miniaturadeimagen]] Direct Bus from Curriñe to Valdivia 6:55 and 8:55. At 5pm to Futrono. =Permits87164, Entry Fees and Right-of-Way Issues= =Links to other Resources= Retired Section Article [[GPT18 - Lago Pirihueico]] =Images= [[File:GPT_12_Lago_Pirihueico_10927620271.jpg|thumb|center|1100px|GPT1889047]][[File:GPT_12_Lago_Pirihueico_109276179.jpg|thumb|center|1100px|A beach at Pirihueico]][[File:GPT_12_Lago_Pirihueico_119230396.jpg|thumb|center|1100px]][[File:GPT_12_Lago_Pirihueico_119230403.jpg|thumb|center|1100px]][[File:GPT_12_Lago_Pirihueico_119230411.jpg|thumb|center|1100px]][[File:GPT_12_Lago_Pirihueico_119230416.jpg|thumb|center|1100px]][[File:GPT_12_Lago_Pirihueico_119230424.jpg|thumb|center|1100px]][[File:GPT_12_Lago_Pirihueico_119230388.jpg|thumb|center|1100px]][[File:GPT_12_Lago_Pirihueico_109276229.jpg|thumb|center|1100px]][[File:GPT_12_Lago_Pirihueico_119230384.jpg|thumb|center|1100px]][[File:GPT_12_Lago_Pirihueico_119230395.jpg|thumb|center|1100px]] ==Season 2022/23== * Recommendation Frank in January 2023: Option OH-001 crossing Rio Corrigue: this section barely exists as large parts have been taken back by bamboo. It is now a severe & sustained bamboo bash requiring huge effort to crawl, break & climb through at about 1 kilometre per hour. Try RR or other options instead * '''2023-Feb-04 / 3.5 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR + OH 18-A / Martin & Helena''' Ferry from Pt Fuy leaves 4 times a day (schedule posted to fb group) but in high season it seems to be sold out quickly - at 09:30 we were able to buy tickets only good option for the last one that day and there was a big line… some people might have a reservation, but we are not sure if its possible to book in advance. The price is a little over 1000 CLP, payment only with cc. However we asked at the 13:30 ferry if we can take it since we have just backpacks and don’t even need a seat, and there was no problem, the ferry had way more seats than people anyway. Possible to charge electronics there and buy drinks. On the other side are 2 accomodation options - cabaña and basic rooms in residence house that are for 40k CLP for 3 comfy bed room and 30k CLP for 2 single bed room, incl. private bathroom with hot water. Basic shop is a little overpriced so better Next to buy in Pt Fuy. Good options for eating - huge sandwiches, empanadas and local beer in the wooden kiosks where most of the people from ferry go. We continued the next dayterminal, jumping over a gate and crawling under a barbed wire fence after. The way to the pass is a minor road through nice forrest. From X point at km 50.5 the trail becomes a little less visible for the next 4km with some fallen trees and branches here and there, but still nice walking. Fun begins at camp km 64.1 - trail becomes gradually more and more overgrown, eventhough its not so hard to follow it, we were progressing really slow. At the end its a lot of crawling close to the ground to get under all the bamboos, and very tropical conditions in our case. We were not sure which route is the best one to follow after, so we started with RR, but decided to leave it after first few meters after the ford as it was densly overgrown. Thanks to Molly and Melis comment we took the optional route on the other side and it was really close to normal trail, what a pleasent surprise for us! Someone had work on it recently, there were new barbed wires at the beginning where you have to crawl under the fence, but from there only a few little overgrown parts. After 2.5 km you join a 4x4 road and that goes all the way to the gate. We were again finishing late in the evening to reach the camp with thermas, and before the gate we met a car with english-speaking locals who looked surprised to see us at first, but showed us the way and advised us to ask the guard to open the gate for us. When we reached the gate, we saw light in the guards house, but decided to climb over the gate, that was locked at the time. After around 1.5 km we came to a house that was also secured by a wooden gate, easy to climb over. Free camp with hot springs has a lot of space and there were some locals inexpensive (friday evening), even more came in the morning. Pools have warm but not hot water which is perfect for a bath with view.  Unmarked small shop is at the beginning of the paved road and many more shops and places to eat on the main route to the lake. The marked shop at km 93.3 has good supplies and prices. Contact: @martin_hanzelka @helenneka * 20'''2023-Jan-04 to 2023-Jan-06 / 3 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR / Zach + Valentin''' After meeting in Bolivia, we met up again in Puerto Fuy. Dubious section selection for Valentin’s first multi day hike. We took the 09:00 super scenic ferry to Puerto Pirehueico. Another vote for Mané’s empanadas de pescado. After hopping over the signless fence the trail follows an old road bed with a gentle grade for a day and a half: one last dip in the lake, a nice woods vibe, big old trees, some light caressing of bushes, and flowers galore. My paddle blade made an excellent Tábano (horsefly000CLP pp) swatter for the open fields. Views at the pass were rewarding but brief. After the bridge and cabin at 64.2 the bamboo bumping began. A machete would have been cathartic. The regular route trail (RR-TL-V {18} [62.7/72.2+2.1]) was the whackiest. Gaps in the trees allowed sufficient sunshine for walls of bamboo to grow. It was usually possible to see the old treadway but slow goings averaging less than 1 km/hr. “Termas➡️” was written in red on a tree around (-40.1600, -71.9206) but we didn’t investigate. We didn’t see (RR-TL-V {18} [67.6/77.2+1.3]) and forded when the road reached the river, shimmying under barbed wire on the other side. Later we saw the riverside gate a bit south of the southernmost “ford?” location. No problems with guards or property owners. The termas naturales were a splendid end to Valentin’s first backpacking trip. We got a ride out from a couple at the hot springs. * '''2023-Jan-03 / 3 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR & optional route between Estero El Africano and waypoint "Guard" / Frank ''' The first 40KM are on an old jeep track. There are some fallen trees but you can generally get round them easily. At Camp 133 the ground is rough & I didn't find a good camping spot. Instead a little before the camp I crossed the stream & 200 metres downstream there are two huts. The smaller one is in good condition & I slept on the floor. Saw wild boar nearby. You cross the river on a bridge to a hut, continuing on a trail that is partly overgrown with young bamboo. Bush bashing is mostly easy. Also some fallen trees & 2 very short sections of severe bamboo bashing. Crossed Rio Curringue near Estero Africano to continue on optional trail 001. If you follow track file 001 after the river crossing you come to an impenetrable wall of bamboo. Instead I went downstream about 40 metres & by a small wall I cut up onto the trail. It gets clearer as you go up but soon disappears in the bamboo forest. Micro navigation is required as if you break through on the route you may come to a partially clear section where you can walk upright but breaking off route generally leads to more bamboo. This section was the most overgrown I encountered on GPT1-40. A machete would not be very useful as the bamboo is growing in solid walls. When you get to 002 it is a clear jeep track & 003 is also good. Took me 9 hours to get from camp 134 to 135. It would be best to avoid crossing Rio Curringue & stay on RR. The alternative route which splits from RR at camp 134 may also be viable. Camped on a small layby above where optional route 003 descends to the river. Easy river crossing on day 3 & I walked out by waypoint "guard" The guard was at the house near the gate but he just waved & the gate was open. ==Season 2021/22== * '''2021-Dec-25 / 4 days / Hiking / NOBO / Molly and Melissa ''' Good: You dive deep into old forests, it feels like true jungle. Many beautiful flowery meadows. Beautiful views on the last-ish part before the lake + the lake. We didn't meet anyone after crossing the gate. Nice hot springs in the beginning. The ferry trip itselfBad: Quite slow to get through a section of the forest - definitely manageable. Feels very much like breaking in as you literally climb a huge fence. Forest may be a little repetitive for some GPT18:The first part marked as a minor road is now paved. We camped at the first hot springs without the dollar sign. It's a big field where you can camp, and the hot springs are really nice. There are several holes right next to the river, lovely and the water has a nice temperature, not too hot, though probably still best when out of the sun. We didn't go to the other hot springs (Chihuío) where you have to pay, but it seems to be a big swimming pool of a kind. They close at 17:30.When continuing on the gravel road, several signs tell you that it's private property, and finally you get to a big gate next to a house. Maybe the guard's? No one was around when we came, though, and we climbed across the gate. From there we took the optional route along the gravel road, as you had to climb yet another gate to get to the regular route. When the gravel road split up, we picked the one closest to the river. It was nice and clear all the way, whereas the other one seemed very muddy. They met again, our route was behind a little gate that could easily be opened. From there, the optional route followed a very small trail, pretty overgrown, but still definitely doable. It seemed that someone had recently been through with a machete, we didn't need one. At one point we came to a barbed wire fence, and the trail seemed to continue along it. That was wrong, you have to cross the fence immediately, and the trail continues on the other side.We met the regular route by the river at two and decided to continue to the next spot marked as camp. That gave us a long day, the trail was still overgrown, though better than the previous, and it was slow going. When we came through it wasn't muddy though. There was nowhere to camp before the bridge. Right after, there is an abandoned field to the right of the route, the grass is quite long, but it's an okay camping site.The plant with bright orange flowers and white spots on the leaves hurt to the touch, like a stinging nettle.We saw strawberry plants everywhere, a nice section when they are in season! From there, the rest of the way is on an abandoned 4x4 track, it's never difficult to see, but a little overgrown in places. It climbs above the treeline where the view is very nice, but we were attacked by hordes of flies that went away as we walked back into the forest. We camped on the lake shore, it's a great place to swim.Puerto Pirihueico has several restaurants, we had empanadas at Donde Mané, they were great.  The boat leaves everyday at 4 pm from Puerto Pirihueico and arrives at Puerto Fuy around 5 - too late for any busses. It seems you should buy tickets in the big building next to the lake? bus leaves for Panguipulli the next day around 7 am and 9 am - I think the last is at around 4 pm, and from there there are many busses to Valdivia. There are a ton of accomodation options and restaurants in Puerto Fuy. ==Season 2020/21== ==Season 2019/20== * '''2020-Feb / Hiking / NOBO / RR + OH-01 / Matthieu ''' Forest trail, a part technical and slow. The rest is nice and calm, easy to follow, for the ones liking the smell of fresh herbs, flowers, and the bees.  -Track followed:I followed the recommendations of Martina Ivo Arnaud and Matus.Arriving on the RR, just before the waypoint "Guards", there was a huge portal, closed. But not the usual portal easy to climb, the type of portal to say that you don´t want cars and walkers in. I decided to cross country straight north to the Rio Curringue and cross here to join the OH18-001. This OH is a big truck path, so no difficulties. I suspect that there are constructing a road north to Puerto Fuy on this side of the river. After the camp 135, The is a div follonwing the OH 001. There begins the little technical forest trail (good little horsetrail, well maintained by the locals, easy to follow but really muddy and a lot of up and downhill). It goes to the river Curringue againm that you have to cross, and join the RR after on the other side, until Camp 134. It personnally took me around 5 hours to go from camp 135 to Camp 134, so I would recommend not to begin this section at the end of the day. No need of the machete.After Camp 134, 4x4 road, easy to follow. Keep an eye on the GPS thow, lots of traps with other roads going everywhere, waiting for careless walke -Legality of this section ?:It seems unclear. Everything from Chihuiyo to Pirehueico/Puerto Fuy is part of the Huilo Huilo Parc. BUt the only part that you have to pay for seems to be the northern part, next to Neltume, where there is a lot of tourists. The optionnal road 001 seems free and I even crossed a chilean family at the camp 135, with their car, and they had a barbecue before around.After Camp 134, I crossed a car of Guardaparques : they just asked me where I came from and where I went, made sure that I had the GPS to not loose myself in the forest, and let me continue without discussion. So I guess that there is finally no problems with walking in this part of the parc. * '''2020-Feb-13 / 3 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR + OH-01 + 02 + 03 between Estero El Africano and waypoint "Guard" / Martina & Ivo ''' Thanks to the previous comments of Arnaud and Matus we were prepared for the middle part of this section. At the Estero El Africano we didn't try long to find the regular route but crossed the Río Curringue to take optional route 001, 002 and 003 and got back to the regular route at the waypoint "Guard". The whole stretch RR-MR-V@18-64.1+8.1 (from the waypoint "Camp" to the Estero El Africano) is a muddy trail, no minor road, which makes quite a difference in hiking time calculation. We didn't really look for resupply, accommodation or transportation opportunities in Curriñe or Puerto Maihue but at the moment in high season it's very easy to hitchhike to Futrono, where you find everything, plus regular busses to Valdivia. * <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2019-Dec-5 / 1 day / Packrafting / SOBO / OP Lago Pirihueico only / Shaun C '''</span> Packrafted Lago Pirihueico only - as add-on to Section 17P. Didn’t hike any part of Section 18. At Puerto Fuy, an official of the Armada/Navy said solo kayaking on the lake was prohibited, but after a 10 minute conversation I convinced him to let me do it. Key was saying that I, not Navy, bore responsibility. Lake is stunning, especially at dawn. * '''2020-Jan-16 / 4 days / Hiking / SOBO / Arnaud Debilly ''' 4 days with one day off due to rainWe started with the ferry from puerto fuy at 9am (3 or 4 boats a day - around 1000 clp). 1h30 trip to pirihueico. Then the path starts in the private property of the parque Huilo Huilo ("no entrar" sign but no one to check). The path is clear, looks like a minor road with ancient bridges to cross the river. After around 40km, the track follows a very little path, looks like bush bashing during 5km.Then you join a river, parallel to the track. At that point, we followed the track that went into the forest. It was so dense that we did maybe 200m in one hour. We decided to turn back to walk in the river (around 2km), or on the side, until we found a real path. That was a good laundry here and efficient solution.We found no guardaparques or private guards to discuss right of way passage so had no problems with this aspect. ==Season 2018/19== ==Season 2017/18== * '''Kara Davis''' Notes to consider before beginning: We were halted by rangers in a jeep on the 4WD road on the west side of Río Pillanleufu. They informed us it was illegal to be dried in Huilo Huilo at this time because the reserve was closed for the rehabilitation warmth of the Pudú, the world’s smallest deerkitchen over night. We had no knowledge of this since we entered the reserve in a very remote location and there was not adequate signage to inform us of this closure. After explaining this to the ranger, In summer they escorted us out of the reserve. You may want to enquire about the status of Huilo Huilo before beginning this section. Comment by Jan Dudeck: This was publicly accessible land with public roads until the Petermann clan took control of this vast property during the final year of the Pinochet dictatorship. Huilo Huilo is not advertised as a “private for profit reserve” with very expensive high-end lodging but wood logging continues in parts of this property. Several hikers reported that they were stopped by guards and send or escorted out. It remains unclear to me if the right-of-way legally ended or if the new owner simply want to keep people out that don’t spend lots of money. GPT18 begins with a 23 km paddle on Lago Pirihueico, a long, remote, serpentine lake. There are almost no residences along the shoreline of Lago Pirihueico, but there are some beaches suitable for camping. A ferry also runs from Puerto Fuy to Puerto Pirihueico at the southern end of the lake several times a day. You can find more information about the ferry and make reservations here: https://barcazahuahum.com/en/schedule-and-prices/. The take-out is not obvious, and we relied on our GPS to guide us to the spot. A short walk up is a 4WD track that leads into the Reserva Biológica Huilo Huilo. The track is overgrown and littered with downed trees but becomes clearer and easier to navigate as it ascends. The views are gorgeous as the 4WD track climbs above treeline.  As the route nears the roaring Río Pillanleufu, it reduces to a single track trail. The trail meanders on the east shore of the river and eventually disappears. We backtracked a bit and made our way down to the east river bank which we followed until we picked up the trail in a large meadow. A bridge is located where the GPS track is shown crossing over the Río Pillanleufu to the west side and joining a 4WD road. The vegetation on this side of the river is thick and camping is hard to come across. About 10 km from the bridge crossing, the 4WD track ends in an impenetrable bamboo forest. We backtracked and headed down to the west bank of the Río Pillanleufu where we found a horse track that eventually led back to the main route. The route follows easy grade farm roads until exiting onto T-559. T-559 is a windy gravel road which makes do breakfasts for an easy road walk all the way to Lago Maihue and the end of GPT18.  Town: Futrono Futronoadditional price, about a 40 minute drive from where the route joins T-559, is the nearest large townwe were told. It has a variety of restaurants and lodging options and is a good place to resupply. There is no central bus station in Futrono, but there is a gas station at the east end of town where you can pick up a bus that will take you back to the trail. =Resupply and Accommodation= ==Resupply and Accommodation in nearby Towns== * Puerto PirihueicoSeveral restaurants and a small shop which has coffee, tea, pasta and flour.Cabañas and camp ground