Cambios

From CONAF, the route climbs steeply for about 45 minutes. The trail then enters the valley, joining an old vehicular road that zigzags upwards. After about an hour, once the path has climbed this initial lip of moraine, the valley narrows and you come to Panimávida Waters, a number of mineral water wells. ThereafterFrom then on, the gradient decreases, and the path continues up the valley, with the impressive south face of Morado as a backdrop. After about 1-2 hours of easy flat walking you will reach Laguna de Morales (often mistakenly called "Laguna Morado" For this laguna, see [[Glaciar del Morado]]). This makes a picturesque end point, but it is advisable to continue another hour more, approaching the base of the glacier San Francisco. The trail is somewhat less clear, the slope increases and you are more likely to find snow between October and December.

At a normal pace, this trek should take about 3-4 hours between CONAF and the viewpoint of the glacier (the orginal article said 4 but this seems an overestimate). However, what is meant by "viewpoint" is not a defining point, but rather an area. It is a total of 16km there and back with 600m of acsent.