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* 2023-Mar-7-14 / SOBO / RR / Ondrej / Lago Desierto - El Chaltén / 2.5 days
This section offers lot of impressive views of snowy peaks, turquoise rivers and glaciers - if one has the luck of a good weather. If you are going SOBO and want to do Section 40 the weather-sensitive GPT40 afterwards, one way to reduce potential waiting days is to pause GPT39 once you cross Lago Desierto and hitchhike to El Chalten. This allows you to consult rangers in El Chalten about a good weather window for The Huemul Circuit (GPT40). You can complete the remainder of gpt39 while waiting for the weather window to come or after you have finished GPT40. I was on a relatively tight schedule and this strategy has worked well for me.
Starting from the Argentinian checkpoint at Lago Desierto around midday, I did the stretch in the afternoon (took me around 5 hours) and camped at the official campsite at the other side of the lake. The rates were 3,000 argentinian pesos per person. They have hot water but the pressure is really really bad. They also have a new common room where you can cook and recharge devices (if you have the argentian plug, which I didn’t). The campsite also sels some biscuits, chips etc. There was also a big restaurant bulding, however, it closed at 6pm so I didn’t have a chance to check it out.