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We made a completely new thing for GPT19: from Lago Maihue, we packrafted the connecting river and Lago Ranco to town Lago Ranco and from there (with 15 km help of a taxi) traversed Cordillera Puyehue from the east, getting a much better road/trail ratio. The landscape is amazing all the way! Turns out there is a trail or it is crosscountry all the way. Definitely recommended for SOBO packrafters but also for hikers skipping 18 (for those going NOBO, this or option 2 should be recommended anyway, I think) or not insisting on connecting steps. Details on wikiexplora. We wonder if this used to be an official thing before the eruption in 2011?
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2024-12-02 to 2025-01-03 / 2 days / Packrafting/ SOBO/ New: Lago Maihue, Rio Calcurrupe, Lago Ralco, / Natalie & Tomáš'''</span>
Day one: The lake and river, 27 km We started paddling at 8am with little waves and wind, then got to the end of the lake at 11. The river is not hard. It has a few rapids that are maybe 1+, but we managed. It has a lot of water, so wood is not much of an issue. The valley is very pretty. It flows nicely, with a lunch in the middle, it took us 4 hours to get down. We took out at Puerto Llifén around 5, traversing somewhat wavy Lago Ralco for a bit. There were some people on a quite and nice small beach. We were lucky to catch a bus to town. It has two fruit and vegetable shops and looked decent for ressuply. We went to Anita's rstaurant and after finishing eating, we asked for a driver as it was late and we wanted an early start the next day. She went nextdoor and came with an older gentleman who drove us 4 km for 4000 CLP to -40.23159, -72.26019, about one km from river end. Near the road end are some nice camping spots. There were some fishermen but nobody cared that we built our tent.
Day 2: Lake Ranco, 22 km We woke up at 4:30 to use the calm morning hours. Shortly after dawn we were on the water and already had some waves and some low-lying clouds. The sunrise was beautiful (maybe the prettiest ever for Tomáš, who, being an owl, has not seen many sunrises in his life). Clouds moved in and the water calmed down (a local larer confirmed this is the usual pattern, so probably the lake tends to be calm before noon). Went east of Llahuapi island, paddled two more km to mainland's peninsula. With lake being very calm, we went straight for Piedra del diablo, which we reached after three hours. The rock is well worth the visit. After a short rest, we paddled around the corner (2km) to town Lago Ranco, arriving at 1240, giving us a half-day of rest and a good base for re-supply. Nat highly recommends the nut/bulk store just north of Conception street (Mr Manny; -40.3213804, -72.4739571). It is attached to a fabric store and likely looks closed. Just walk inside the fabric store and ask the friendly owner you'd like to buy some frutos secos. The nuts and dried fruit were of surprisingly good quality.
Overall, this is an attractive variant that can be recommended instead of RP for packrafters. Lago Ranco is an ok ressuply point with slightly pricy accomodation, but we negotiated a room for 50000 CLP
* '''25-01-01 - 25-01-03 / 3 days / SOBO / RP, RR, variants D+E, OH1,a, OH4a,b / Volker'''
