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Just got back from eight more and less rainy days in Valle Picacho. The duration was planned and not forced by nature.
Day 1: took the 5:30 am bus (bookable on cupos.cl and in the terr austral office in Puerto cisnes, 7k cpl, book to maninguales ) to "cruze Picaflor" and hiked to the put in via option 04 (no one ther there for puente de piedra entrance, I just walked by). Rain and strong wind made a river journey seem unpleasant, so I camped near the put in.
Day 2: a lot of rain in the night made the river rise significantly, I guess 20-40cm more than usual. Therefore no ground contact, many obstacles in main current. The last rapid I portaged. Camped about 5 km before lake as rain was imminent and fished my Christmas dinner ; )
Day 7: it raind and it was very windy so I took the day off.
Day 8: paddled to the last hiking section. Getting out on land is a bit tricky if you're alone, but manageable. There's no more bushwhacking in this section. Thanks to the effort of the past two years (Jordan, L&S, N&T) the trail is clearly visible and pretty much obstacle free and I didn't have to check the GPS once. Also someone must have passed through a few days before me, there were very fresh machete hacks. I just had to do some window dressing and the whole thing took me only 50min. L. Escondido and the ri erst rivers to Puerto cisnes are easy, I chose to portage the rapid before joining rio cisnes.
==Season 2024/25==
