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ArchivoFile:100 4290.JPG|Glaciar San Francisco by Mario El RussoArchivoFile:100 4255.JPG|Aguas Panimávida by Mario El RussoArchivoFile:DSCF6244.JPG|Aguas Panimávida at the end of the summer. On the background Retumbadero and [[Cerro Diablo]]
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[[ArchivoFile:Glaciar_San_Francisco_Laguna_de_Morales.jpg|frame|center|Glaciar San Francisco and [[Cerro Morado]]'s south face, 18-8-2013]]
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{{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.}}
[[ArchivoFile:Banos Morales.jpg|thumb|Beginning, Baños Morales. 21-6-2008]][[ArchivoFile:IMG_9154_(Custom).jpg|thumb|First ascenso, 21-6-2008]][[ArchivoFile:Comienzos_Trek_Glaciar_San_Francisco.jpg|thumb|Beginning of trek (40 min)]][[ArchivoFile:Valle_Aguas_Panimavida.jpg|thumb|Aguas de Panimávida. Photo taken on the way back]][[ArchivoFile:Glaciar San Francisco Monumento El Morado.JPG|thumb|Up in the valley, wearing snowshoes. 18-8-2013]][[ArchivoFile:Laguna de Morales.JPG|thumb|Laguna de Morales covered by snow. 18-8-2013]][[ArchivoFile:Glaciar San Francisco Laguna Morales.jpg|thumb|Condor in Laguna de Morales, 18-8-2013]]
==Best season ==
*Trekking: The best season for this trek is between the months of october and may, although the ideal is from november to december
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==Route description==
[[ArchivoFile:Perfil_trekking_glaciar_San_Francisco.png|thumb|700px|center|Profile of the route]]
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 patch of half-flooded grass 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 [[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 late spring or early summer.
==Photo gallery==
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