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|Primer Autor=Joaquín Barañao

|Imágen Principal=Valle_glaciar_san_francisco.jpg

|KMLZ=Glaciar San Francisco.kmz

|TipoDeMap=hybrid

{{No confundir|Attention: do not commit the usual mistake of mixing-up this rout with the “GLACIAR DEL MORADO” located just a little to the east. The path shown here is located in the “Natural el Morado” and also appreciates the south side of the “CERRO MORADO” (origin of the mix-up) but the “San Francisco” is the glacier that can be seen.}}

[[Archivo:Comienzos_Trek_Glaciar_San_Francisco.jpg|thumb|right|Beginning of trek (40 min)]]

==Best season ==

{{Public transportation Cajon del Maipo}}

==Route description==

From CONAF the route ascends abruptly for about 45 minutes. The road entrees the valley, crossing on many occasions an old road that zig-zags. Close to an hour later, once the trail has already remounted the initial moraine, the valley stretches and “Aguas Panimávida” appears, a VEGA with mineral water ponds. From now on the slope decreases and the trail continues to the north, with the imposing south face of “El Morado” as the background. After about two hours from mineral waters, the “Laguna de Morales” is reached (commonly confused with “Laguna del Morado,” for this lagoon see EL TREKKING DEL GLACIAR DEL MORADO). It's a nice destination but it is recommendable to continue another hour to the north, approaching the bottom of the glacier “San Francisco” (2.800 meters above sea level.) The trail is a little less clear, the slope increases and it's more likely to find snow on this part if you go during the months of November or December