GPT25H - Aldea Escolar

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Cerro Situación, por Jorge Elgueta Chiguay

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Summary (editar) Activity Trekking Location Argentina, San Carlos de Bariloche 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) +1069, -1254 Distance (k) 39 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.

Season Section Log

• 2020-Jan-15-16 / Shaun / Regular hiking route southbound

The southbound start of this section is now open and so there is no need to initially re-route along the road. The trail is overgrown in a number of places which slows progress. But the only tricky piece was a few kms around km14 where the trail disappeared several times under bushes or fallen bamboo for a little while. But it always reappeared exactly where the gps projected. There were lovely views in many places along the section, especially early on where the past fire damage allows you to see a ring of mountains in every direction.

Summary Table

GPT25H: Aldea Escolar

GPT25H: Aldea Escolar				Hiking		Packrafting
Group	E: Lagos Argentinos		Total	39.4 km	11 h	61.4 km	17 h
Region	Argentina: Chubut		Trails (TL)	15.7 km	39.8%	15.6 km	25.3%
Start	Villa Futalaufquen, Lago Kruger Lodge		Minor Roads (MR)	23.7 km	60.2%	23.9 km	38.9%
Finish	Aldea Escolar		Primary Roads (PR)	-	-	-	-
Status	Published & Verified		Cross-Country (CC)	-	-	0.1 km	0.2%
Traversable	Nov - Apr (Maybe: Sep, Oct, May)		Bush-Bashing (BB)	-	-	-	-
Packraft	Only Burden		Ferry (FY)	-	-	-	-
Connects to	GPT24H, GPT24P, GPT25P, GPT26, GPT70		Investigation (I)	-	-	-	-
Options	89 km (2 Options & Variants)		Exploration (EXP)	-	-	-	-
	Hiking	Packrafting		Total on Water		21.8 km	35.5%
Attraction	1 (of 5)	1 (of 5)		River (RI)		-	-
Difficulty	3 (of 5)	3 (of 5)		Lake (LK)		21.8 km	35.5%
Direction	Both ↓↑	Both ↓↑		Fjord (FJ)		-	-
Comment	-
Character	Forest, Farmland, Settlers
Challenges	Bush Bashing

Elevation Profile

Elevation Profile of Regular Hiking Route

Elevation Profile of Regular Hiking Route (2019)

Recommended Travel Period

The Regular Route is best hiked from November to April.

Resupply

Resupply Town

Town: Trevelin/Esquel. Trevelin is a large town with all necessary amenities for resupply and rest. Lodging options are primarily cabañas, but there is one local hospidaje. A bus to Esquel, a slightly larger town with more grocery and lodging options, runs every hour for 42 pesos. It is also worth noting there is a hospital in both towns. Although we spent a fair amount of time in the Esquel hospital, we heard rumours the Trevelin one was way nicer. Who were we to complain though, Argentinean healthcare is free!

In Aldea Escolar itself, there are at least three basic food shops and accommodation at Cabañas Rosa.

Optional Routes

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

This section was not completed. We left the route after 24.5 km and went into Trevelin due to sickness. See below for notes about the part we did complete. Alternate: At the Villa Futalaufquen information center, a ranger informed us that the part of GPT25H in Parque Nacional Los Alerces is closed due to fire closure. She could not give us any information about when the trail would reopen. To bypass this part, walk along highway RP71 to the entrance gate for the national park. 2 to 3 kilometers past the national park entrance, turn off onto a gravel road that heads south southwest to rejoin the regular route. The route becomes a maze of dirt trails that can be hard to follow. There was heavy GPS use in this section. Within a few kilometers, the trail disappears into thick brush and begins to follow a fenceline. It is slow going through here. After reaching the end of the fenceline, we decided to go to Trevelin for a week of illness and misery.