GPT19 - Volcán Puyehue

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Plateau, GPT18

Southern slope of Volcán Puyehue, Feb. 2018

This is a simplified track file, not suitable for navigation on terrain. To get the detailed file see the following section on the main Greater Patagonian Trail article __ Main trail __ Packrafting Instructions to follow the track in your smartphone

Summary (editar) Activity Trekking Location Chile, Osorno Atractions Vistas panorámicas Duration días "Días" no está en la lista de valores posibles (3 horas o menos, 1/2 día, 3/4 día, 1 día, 1 día y medio, 2 días, 3 días, 4 días, 5 días, 3 - 5 días, 6 - 7 días, 8 - 10 días, 11 - 14 días, 15 - 20 días, 20 - 25 días, 26 - 35 días, 36 - 60 días, 61 - 89 días, más de 90 días) para esta propiedad. Trail Siempre Claro Signage Inexistente Infraestructure Inexistente Topology Cruce Gain/Loss (meters) +2986, -2711 Distance (k) 70.6 Skills No requiere Original creator Jan Dudeck Download KMZ/GPX Debes registrarte para descargar. Formulario es BREVISIMO Para ver estos botones debes registrarte. Toma 30 segundos: es un formulario minusculo, de solo 3 campos obligatorios.

Summary Table

GPT19: Volcán Puyehue

GPT19: Volcán Puyehue				Hiking		Packrafting
Group	D: Lagos Chilenos		Total	83.0 km	28 h	70.0 km	23 h
Region	Chile: Los Ríos (XIV) & Los Lagos (X)		Trails (TL)	5.4 km	6.5%	5.4 km	7.8%
Start	Puerto Maihue		Minor Roads (MR)	55.8 km	67.2%	34.2 km	48.8%
Finish	Anticura (CONAF)		Primary Roads (PR)	2.2 km	2.6%	2.2 km	3.1%
Status	Published & Verified		Cross-Country (CC)	19.7 km	23.7%	18.6 km	26.6%
Traversable	Dec - Mar (Maybe: Nov, Apr)		Bush-Bashing (BB)	-	-	-	-
Packraft	Useful		Ferry (FY)	-	-	-	-
Connects to	GPT18, GPT20		Investigation (I)	-	-	-	-
Options	216 km (6 Options & Variants)		Exploration (EXP)	-	-	-	-
	Hiking	Packrafting		Total on Water		9.6 km	13.8%
Attraction	5 (of 5)	5 (of 5)		River (RI)		-	-
Difficulty	5 (of 5)	5 (of 5)		Lake (LK)		9.6 km	13.8%
Direction	Both ↓↑	Both ↓↑		Fjord (FJ)		-	-
Comment	-
Character	Valdivian Rain Forest, Volcanic Terrain, Summit Ascents, Hot Springs, Settlers, Lake Packrafting
Challenges	Exposure to Elements, Demanding Navigation, Lack of Drinking Water

Elevation Profile

Elevation Profile of Regular Hiking Route

Elevation Profile of Regular Hiking Route (2019)

Elevation Profile of Regular Packrafting Route

Elevation Profile of Regular Hiking Route (2019)

Regular Route

Regular Hiking Route

• Route description by Kara Davis after Season 2017/18:

GPT19 begins at the northeastern end of Lago Maihue. The regular hiking route follows T-559, a nice road with beautiful overlooking views of the lake, for many kilometers. Less than a kilometer after the GPS track turns east to contour the north bank of Río Hueinahue, the track turns off of T-559. There is no trail at the turn off, continue cross country until reaching the road on the other side. Be careful crossing this river! At high water, it may be a good idea to walk the few extra kilometers to the T-559 bridge crossing. The river is wide and the river bed was slippery.

Soon after rejoining T-559 on the south side of Río Hueinahue, turn right onto T-537 and begin to steeply climb. After about 2 kilometers, the road reduces to a very rutted trail with occasional spurs and limited camping. The route joins a gravel road T-567, for about 27 km until the turnoff onto Camino a Predio Contrafuerte, a smaller gravel road. After about 16 km, the road ends at a residence that the GPS route apparently goes right through. This house belongs to Nari and Hector, a wonderful older couple who are very used to hikers coming through their property on their way to Volcán Puyehue. Don’t be too alarmed with the barking dogs, go in and introduce yourself!

From Nari’s house, there is NO WATER until halfway down the descent of Volcán Puyehue!! It may be possible to grab a drink from some melting snow but don’t count on it during low snow years. Climb a wide rut up the hill behind Nari’s house. The rut reduces to single track and continues to climb through an open forest with plenty of places to camp. After reaching treeline, the trail disappears. You may see the occasional cairn or footprint, but for the most part this is cross-country travel until treeline on the south side of the volcano. The landscape through this section is alien and breathtakingly beautiful.

Just before the very steep descent at approximate elevation 1.400 m, there is a small hut which is popular with hikers climbing the volcano. Descend on a nice trail through the forest with limited camping options. As you approach the road, 215-CH, the route passes by several small cabins. Just west of where the route intersects 215-CH, is a bus stop. The nearest large town is Osorno (see town description in GPT20).

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