Cambios

[[Archivo:RIMG0019_(Medium).jpg|thumb|250px|right|the Laguna del Alto and Cerro Peine]]

Follow the dirt road another couple of km to the administrative entrance and then on to the camping (site with facilities). From here the trail is clearly sign-posted to the right on a large well-kept track of the Sendero de Chile. From here it's another couple of km to the first campamento (site without facilities). After the campsite the path turns into a small gully with a stream and back out the other side where a clearly sign path branches to the right to the Laguna del Alto. Taking this the path climbs approx. 3km with 600m of ascent out of the forest cover and onto the Plateau above. At one point it branches off to the left until it is almost horizontal with the slope but don't worry and keep following the path it turns back in on itself higher up. Once on the plateau the path spits in two. Take the marked path to the right. After about 1km of flat walking the path descends over a ridge and down 150m into the crater lake below. Significent amounts of can linger into December making the path hard to find but don't worry there are other arguably easier routes down to the Laguna. The actual path goes off to the right from the sign post a the top of the crater and comes back down to the left coming out on the bottom of the Laguna. from here it is also possible to climb Cerro Paine although this makes the day a long one and the winter equipment is required all the way into december.

The banks of the lakes are a perfect spot for a quick break before ascending back up the way you came to the top of the crater. from the signpost at the top take the branching path to the right and not back the way you came. The path is obvious all the way as it makes it's away across the plateau, occasionally marked with cairns and paraellel lines of rocks (which seem a little like overkill). After about a km the path joins with the fork we ignored earlier and makes it's way along the lower left side of the plateau through volcanic rock formations. After 3 km the path come to Enladrillado, a flat rock plain which can be seen clearly from a good distance away. Much is made of the apparentely strange UFO lauchpad nature of this rock platform but what really impresses is the stunning views of Descabezado Grande (the Decapitated volcano) and Cerro Azul, the beautiful forests and valley surrounding them and the endless views of high snowcapped peaks streches down the backbone of the Andes.