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=Overview=
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==Season 2025/26==
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2026-01-13 / 1 Day / Packrafting / SOBO / RP / Michel & Lisa'''</span>
A great section that leads through a beautiful, dry landscape interspersed with rock outcrops everywhere, towering cliffs and the towering mountains of the PN Cerro Castillo in the background . Highly recommended if you have the time! Especially on a calm day, since the wind can become really strong, cutting our day short. So ideally start early and/or pick a calm day.
We hiked from Villa Cerro Castillo to River In {33P} (2.0/293]. It's seems easier to follow the road right at [-46.12670, -72.15310] instead of left as indicated by the track files, since then you don't have to cross private land to get to OP-TL-V {33P-A} (2.1+0.6] to get to the river. But anyways, it's easy to get to the river. We started paddling at 9:00 under gray skies. There are some cool rapids just in the beginning where you get to a very narrow section of the river with large rock formations on both sides, really cool. Then it's easy paddling and the river generally had good flow. It's good advice to stick to the deeper parts of the river since it can get shallow quite quickly. We got stuck on sand once and had to push our boat out, sinking in in the sand up to the knees. The landscape surrounding the river is really beautiful. On a clear day you paddle with Cerro Castillo, Peñón and the other glacier clad mountains in your back and a dry landscape interspersed with imposing cliffs and rock formations in front. We came upon a massive group of geese who fled from us running up a rock and then jumping down into the water again which was both hilarious and amazing to watch. As we paddled, the tailwind continually increased. When we got to the point where you have to walk around the waterfall (River Out {33P} [22.1+0.4/275]) it was kind of annoying to pack the raft in the strong gusts. More annoying was the climb up through the sand and bushes to the MR though. In retrospect it seems easier to just take the ramp that's visible in the sand where you arrive and go through the sand in a pretty direct line until you reach the end of the MR (here [-46.25184, -72.00744]).
The walk on MR to River In {33P) [24.6/222] is easy and you just have to climb the (very) locked Gate (33P} (24.5/248], which is easy to do though.
We continued to paddle on the river from there at 15:10 and the wind and gusts had gotten stronger still. The continuing tailwind made the paddle faster but also less enjoyable and increasingly it felt a bit unsafe. When we arrived before the last bend of the river, the wind was so strong that we weren't sure if we could get around to the curve and so we decided to abandon the river and landed here: [-46.28490, -71.96502]. The big stone wall that was built to keep the river in check made for a good path to walk on back to the road. We hiked the last ~2.5 km to Puerto Ibáñez where we found a nice Hostel called Vientos del Sur [-46.29305, -71.93761], which we can recommend; 25000 CLP pp including a nice breakfast, clean amenities and a friendly owner.
==Season 2024/25==
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2025-Feb-26 / 1 day / Packrafting / SOBO / RP /Davide Materia'''</span>
I don't have much to add to what has already been said, beautiful river with no major danger or impediments. I really suggest this section to whoever has the chance to take it. AT beginning of year 2025, the ferry from Puerto Ibanez to Chile chico is at 12 during the week and at 19 on weekends. I arrived at Sunday at 17 so luckily I could take it directly.
==Season 2023/24==
*<span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2024-Feb-23 / 1 day / Packrafting / SOBO / RP / Lauren & Seb'''</span>
Rio Ibáñez was a moderately fast flowing and enjoyable ride. A welcomed change of scenery, we paddled down reddish-brown canyons with the glacier view of Cerro Castillo behind us. It was a remote and beautiful little stretch.
Shortly before Puerto Ingenerio Ibáñez, winds got too strong and we were not able to paddle the last U-turn as it pushed us against the riverbanks. We got out at -46.28599, -71.96618, deflated, crossed the airstrip and made our way to town.
*<span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2023-Dec-18 / 1 day / Packrafting / SOBO / RR / Tom Pieper'''</span>
I think this section deserves definitely more emphasis! The landscape changes dramatically here after Section 32. The green forests are gone and give rise to an impressive red-brown canyon landscape with little oasis in between. On a good day the views back to cerro Castillo are just magnificent. Also the river speed was swift and you can easily make it in one day to Puerto Ibanez. The sandbanks can be avoided if you stick to the slightly more turquoise waters. I did not deflated the packraft at the portage and just carried it on my back. Keep care of the thorny Calafate bushes when you ascend the sandy dune at the beginning of the portage. The sand can be somehow wearisome here.
==Season 2022/23==
==Season 2017/18==
*<span style="background-color:aqua;">'''Route description by Kara Davis after Season 2017/18:'''</span>
Walk out of Villa Cerro Castillo along a dirt road to the put-in for Río Ibañez located at a rocky beach. At the time of our hike, there was construction going on in this area so don’t be surprised if the put-in changes. The river is wide, slow moving, and at lower flows there are many sandbars hidden just below the surface that will beach even packrafts. After about 20.5 km, packrafters must take out to portage around a Class V+ waterfall at a sandy beach surrounded by steep gravel slopes. The portage is a short cross-country route through farmland which ends at a gate. Just past the gate is Highway X-735. The put-in for the second part of the Río Ibañez float is at a sandy beach. This section of the river to Puerto Ingeniero Ibañez is also very slow moving. Strong winds may make packrafting impractical.
Town: Puerto Ingeniero Ibañez Puerto Ingeniero Ibañez is a small town with a few food options and a small grocery store. The docks for the ferry to Chile Chico across Lago General Carrera is located on the southeast edge of town.
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