GPT24P - PN Los Alerces Agua

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Lago Krügger, looking west

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Summary (editar) Activity Trekking Location Argentina, Esquel Atractions Vistas panorámicas Duration días "Días" no está en la lista de valores posibles (3 horas o menos, 1/2 día, 3/4 día, 1 día, 1 día y medio, 2 días, 3 días, 4 días, 5 días, 3 - 5 días, 6 - 7 días, 8 - 10 días, 11 - 14 días, 15 - 20 días, 20 - 25 días, 26 - 35 días, 36 - 60 días, 61 - 89 días, más de 90 días) para esta propiedad. Trail Siempre Claro Signage Inexistente Infraestructure Inexistente Topology Cruce Gain/Loss (meters) +34, -41 Distance (k) 73.9 Skills No requiere Original creator Jan Dudeck Download KMZ/GPX Debes registrarte para descargar. Formulario es BREVISIMO Para ver estos botones debes registrarte. Toma 30 segundos: es un formulario minusculo, de solo 3 campos obligatorios.

Summary Table

GPT24P: PN Los Alerces Agua

GPT24P: PN Los Alerces Agua				Hiking		Packrafting
Group	E: Lagos Argentinos		Total	-	-	51.4 km	13 h
Region	Argentina: Chubut		Trails (TL)	-	-	-	-
Start	Villa Lago Rivadavia		Minor Roads (MR)	-	-	0.4 km	0.8%
Finish	Lago Kruger Lodge		Primary Roads (PR)	-	-	0.9 km	1.7%
Status	Published & Verified		Cross-Country (CC)	-	-	-	-
Traversable	Nov - Apr (Maybe: Sep, Oct, May)		Bush-Bashing (BB)	-	-	-	-
Packraft	Very Useful		Ferry (FY)	-	-	-	-
Connects to	GPT23, GPT24H, GPT25H, GPT25P		Investigation (I)	-	-	-	-
Options	None		Exploration (EXP)	-	-	-	-
	Hiking	Packrafting		Total on Water		50.2 km	97.5%
Attraction	-	5 (of 5)		River (RI)		17.8 km	34.6%
Difficulty	-	4 (of 5)		Lake (LK)		32.3 km	62.9%
Direction	None	Both ↓↑		Fjord (FJ)		-	-
Comment	Hiking: Hiking not feasible
Character	Packrafting: ↓ More packraft use
Challenges	Forest, Settlers, River Packrafting, Lake Packrafting

Elevation Profile

Elevation Profile of Regular Packrafting Route

Elevation Profile of Regular Hiking Route (2019)

Resupply

Resupply Town

Town: Villa Futalaufquen

Villa Futalaufquen is a small, tidy town at the southern end of Lago Futalaufquen. There is a little store offering snacks, cheese, and bread. An information station for Los Alerces National Park is located here. This station is a good resource to gain information about the surrounding area, including GPT25P and GPT25H.

Regular Route

Regular Packrafting Route

• Route description by Kara Davis after Season 2017/18:

GPT24P begins on the Río Carrileufu at the take-out for GPT23P. This is a very enjoyable, calm float all the way to Lago Rivadavia.

There are several nice places to camp along the east shore of Lago Rivadavia. However, several of the beaches are also popular day trip areas because of the easy access to the shoreline provided by the road, RP71.

You’ll begin to pick up speed as you near the lake outlet into Río Rivadavia. There’s a sign here prohibiting motorized boats from entering the river. Río Rivadavia is swift and narrow with several small rapids and obstacles, such as fallen trees. There are many places to camp under the tree cover on the left bank for the first 500 m or so after exiting Lago Rivadavia.

After floating into Lago Verde, you’ll notice several beaches along the east bank that are fairly popular during the summer months. There is no obvious camping on the west bank. At the outlet of Lago Verde, about 200 m after the pedestrian bridge crosses over the water, the river splits. A rope stretches across the entrance to the west fork, which flows to Lago Menédez, preventing boaters from entering (for good reason due to some violent rapids). The river stretch between Lago Verde and Lago Futalaufquen is wide, slow, and free of rapids.

On Lago Futalaufquen, there is a free campsite, Punta Mattos, just off of RP71 where the northwest branch of the lake intersects the larger body of water approximately 7 km after entering the lake. There is trash disposal here but no running water nor toilet.

At this point, there is a choice whether to continue south towards Lago Krügger and GPT25P or east towards Villa Futalaufquen and GPT25H. SEE “GPT25P: Lago Amutui Quimei” BEFORE CHOOSING TO GO TOWARD THIS ROUTE!