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====Side trip to Punta Puma Glacier====
From Los Perros, exit follow the track that leads to the pass, even . After crossing the river by the bridge, but after this, continue right straight along the river O'Brien instead turn of turning left towards the Paso pass. You will walk by the river by in a space devoid of vegetation. When you can it's no longer possible to continue on this course, you must enter make your re-entry to the forest. The footprint trail is blurred and no it lacks signs, but suffice it 's easy enough to move advance parallel to the river , under the shade of a dense forest of beech and coigües Magellan. Then he you will move walk up a hillside and the river will be visible down encased , in a sectornarrow bed.
After about 25 minutes, you will reach an area of scrubby vegetation growing on the moraine, from which point the Punta Puma glacier is already visible.
Then you have to cross a small barrier of loose stones before mounting on reaching a rocky terrain , devoid of vegetation. Striking an An isolated clump of young beech''lengas'' surprises in this landscape. The remaining distance to the glacier is just a path of little slope. After an hour of walking , and at 750 meters of altitude , the glacier ice is reached. The lower end is covered with rocks . and falls flows with a gentle slope to the valley, but you . You can walk a little about over it , to an area of white ice. This If you do this branch , it is advisable to go early if you have arrived at the campsite Dogs (before 16) arrive no to late to Los Perros, but in any case it is not recommended to allocate a full day to it. * '''Total expected time for this section''': 1h de ida hasta montarse al glaciarto the glacier, 45' de vueltaback
===Day 4: Los Perros - Paso John Garner - Guardas===