Cambios

Once you've spent a sufficient amount of time soaking in the views take the clearly marked path to the right down off the plateau that you passed just before reaching Enladrillado. From here it's about 3km and 400m of decent down to the second of the campamento's at the base of the plateau. It's then another fairly flat time consuming 4km back to the first campamento and then out the way you came in.

- While this trek can be done in one exhausting day it is hard to see why you would want to unless you lived nearby. Instead there is plenty more to see in what is a beautiful national reserve (Altos de Lircay). Doing this trek in one day from one of the campmentos at the bottom of the plateau is highly recommended (the first is less crowded), hiking in and out of the park on the days either side or hiking one of the other numerous trails in the park.

-This trek can be done the other way round but this would involve doing the long boring walk along the valley at the start of the day and getting the best views at the begining rather than towards the end.

-Camping at Laguna del Alto is now forbidden for fear of contaminating the Laguna.

-It is also possible to climb Cerro Peine from the camping towards the entrance of the park and then continue on the trek from there.

-Snow can hang around the sheltered Laguna for a surprising long time so in November and April an ice axe is probably best if available or you should be flexible in your plans.