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==Season 2025/26==
*''' GPT04 | 2026-02--08 to 2026-02-13 | 5 days | hiking | NOBO | Route: RR + 03A + 03 + RR (+04C) | Chris & Lotte '''
Difficulty: 2/5 (mostly a matter of physical condition, not many risks apparent)
Attractiveness: 4/5 (we were quite surprised how scenic and isolated it was, not much wow, but a constant nice, at least if you skip the paved road)
We took a bus ti Los Quenes from Curico at 13:00. There are several a day on weekdays.
Then the RR is a very busy and dusty MR full of trucks.
The new National Park (8kCLP each) has a huge gate with cameras and a bell on the right, that calls the architect/project manager of the NP. We rang and Manuel opened the gate remotely, despite the park being officially closed. He knew about the GPT and gave us some hints, where to camp (-34.94731, -70.74377). A bit off trail at the river under an amazing tree, a wonderful site, thats gonna become an official one of the park ib the future. The whole way is full of nice spots to take a bath, the campsite is no different.
Also the campsite splits the high pass in half, which is very comfortable.
Next day we hiked up to the Laguna de la Palma. No palmtrees in sight. laguna was quite muddy, not very nice to bath and filtering water was slow. we intended to do a zero up there but decided otherwise, as we didnt enjoy it as much. We took 03A+03 over Cerro Zapallo, which was really nice, and saw, that all lagunas were very muddy. We therefore decided to go to the next campspot at a river, marked at 30.5 (-34.83993, -70.76135). We met Ben & Sierra there, had a wonderful chat and spend the night there. The campsite juuust fits two tents, its not too good for larger groups.
Next we went to Laguna del Encanto, which is also an official campsite.
We accidentally took Option 04C, but ended up in front of a huge gate with a dozen signs and werent able to circumvent it. There seems to be no good reason to take this option though.
The Laguna is a wonderful swim but its also dusty and crowded. You shouldnt miss it, but prepare yourself for loads of people. Its relatively clean though, we saw a truck collecting garbage in the morning.
When walking out on RR we werent charged by anyone.
We started hitchhiking as soon as we hit the paved road and had a 100% rate in two rides to San Fernando. Not many cars around though in the beginning.