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signs with a numerical system associated
with points of special interest that we
call SNUPIE /Guidepost (Numerical System of
Special Points of Interest). These
SNUPIES are represented by numbers,
of Santiago hill, until reaching Cerro
Santiago Park, pass by the CONAF
ranger station and reach the SNUPIE [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_1|Guidepost 1]]
trail-marker, in an environment of old
Ñires trees (Nothofagus Antarctica) and
walkways and carefully built stairs
which after 200 meters reach Cerro
Santiago lookout, SNUPIE [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_2|Guidepost 2]]. This
structure is the true starting point of the
trail and offers a beautiful panoramic
After a slight climb after 350
meters you will cross the Santiago
stream, SNUPIE [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_3|Guidepost 3]], which feeds the
network of drinking water for the
town, please take especial care not
the peninsula of taitao.
At Km. 1,3 the trail forks with
the trail to SNUPIE [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_4|Guidepost 4]]: at a 180°
course with the main path. It leaves
the forest until reaching terrace of
further, a wooden is bridge is crossed,
then follow the signs until the
following fork SNUPIE [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_5|Guidepost 5]].
===Segment 2===
Glacier can be seen. After 500 meters
you find the lookout of the valley
for viewing the horizon and pinpointing
the principal natural landmarks.
courses crossed by walkways until
reaching a large degraded hillslope
erosion in this zone.
The trail follows a narrow
After this trail, the route enters
a forest that has been marked
with an alternative path upper layout
which began in the first section
wooden fence wall terrace (Chacra
of the Carabineros).
crosses are good for human
consumption.
After 15 minutes GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_9|Guidepost 9]]
is reached, a walkway that passes over
a deep ravine that should be crossed
marked until a gorge called the Stone
Pass (Paso de las Piedras)
stream. On warm days and during
spring thaw the stream can become
in the most exuberant sectors.
Canelo Pass, (Paso de los
Canelos) GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_11|Guidepost 11 ]] can be
recognized by the dominance of these
species at the bottom of the ravine.
to The Ravine of the Rapids
(Quebrada de las Cascaditas)
From this point large Coigües
dominate the terrain and in this
The trail passes through a
sector of reforested Lenga trees,
canopy of adult Coigües, these trees
are found outside of the typical
which is crossed by a tree trunk and
a rustic stairs with a hand railing
descending as it is a steep grade.
Finally, "Camp Patagones" is
reached, a flat space in the forest
that is appropriate for camping.
This point, GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_15|Guidepost 15 ]] marks
===Segment 4===
the foliage, one can just see the Mosco
river. The trail begins a zigzag descent
to GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_16|Guidepost 16 ]] via a dirt track that
in some places passes over boggy areas.
the steep grade.
Advancing through a Nothofagus
Near the bottom of the valley
the trail crosses a ravine with evidence
of a major washout GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_18|Guidepost 18]]
and meters further on is a hill where
a rest area has been put in place.
of the Mosco river, that in addition to
being a good point to appreciate the
later the bank of the river is reached
in an area dominated by a stone
outcropping GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_20|Guidepost 20]], from
here the Mosco Glacier can be easily
observed.
young Lenga trees. At present the
Huemul is in danger of extinction.
At GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_21|Guidepost 21 ]] the trail once
again enters the interior of the forest
(or coming upon the edge of the river
been broken and splintered by the
passing seasons. Some meters further
on GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_22|Guidepost 22 ]] is reached, the
Rivera Post refuge, named thusly in
honor to Don Pedro Rivera Velásquez,
confluence of the Mosco with the
Sangra (Bleeding) river is recognizable,
south. The purple color of its waters
gives it its name and is due to the erosion
long, constructed for the purpose of
avoiding trampling and deteriorating this
fragile wetland GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_24|Guidepost 24]].
Next a small stream is crossed and
is you descend to The Desplaye,
where various water courses converge.
At the edge of the Mosco river an
to an avalanche of a ravine, next to this
fan is the confluence of the Mosco and
Turbio (Murky) rivers, GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_26|Guidepost 26]],
that descends from Southeast. Just
upstream from this confluence is a
to White Huemul hill. Here the forest
the hiker passes through is surprisingly
damaged by storms, GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_27|Guidepost 27]].
Advance via the wooden fence wall
without crossing the river until reaching
hundred meters up the bank of the Claro
river before crossing. The river is crossed
by a walkway marked GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_28|Guidepost 28]].
On the western side is a rocky striation,
walk at a 45° course i straight line
following two stone trail markers until
reaching the pass of the first rock narrows
This is a good place to see the effects
of ice in relief, scarred and striated rocks
walls, moraine deposits and colluvium.
Climb along the rocky edge marked
by a Stone trail-marker, GUIDEPOST[[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_29|Guidepost 29]], to pass the first Narrows of the upper
course of the Mosco river. The height
of the pass is enough to get an attractive
marked with successive white/orange trail-
markers is easy to lose. The foot of this
pass is marked as GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_30|Guidepost 30 ]] and
from this point advances to the bottom of
the valley, by the north edge of the river.
We arrive at the second narrows of
the upper course of the river marked
outcropping of stones. This place was the
terminal point of the glacier according to
After this effort, you will arrive at
the Remanso, where the third narrows,
trail marked on a rock wall on the north
side of the river. Climb with slow pace
and if necessary use your hands for
support. Above at GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_33|Guidepost 33 ]] is a
panoramic view of the trail and of the
following meters, which brings you to a
beautiful waterfall GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_34|Guidepost 34 ]] of
25 meters high whose origin is melting
ice. The cliff of the waterfall is the last
In fact, in 1995 the ice reached up to
Laguna Fria (Cold Lagoon)
smaller.
From the lagoon, follow for the
right edge until reaching a rocky
promontory called Glacier Lookout (678
m.) and marked as GUIDEPOST [[Hitos_Glaciar_Rio_Mosco#Hito_36|Guidepost 36]], the
end of the trail.
The glacier is formed by two major