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{{Trekking Chile}} *'''==FOREWORD=={{Mountain Bike Chile}} (updated as of January 2011)'''The hotsprings consist of only three small pools of lukewarm water, and there a no facilities such as bathrooms or dressing rooms'''{{Rando Chile}}
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==Season==
*'''Trekking''': May to November. Since December, when usually clears the vehicle track, and until the first snow of winter,
*'''Randonnée''': June to September. In the middle of winter and soon after Snow is possible that the vehicle is forced to be fairly
away from the dam. For that reason, unless there are several days not a good idea since shortly after a snowfall. From September, it may be necessary to remove the skis in some sections that border the reservoir.
== Access by car and the road status ==
[[ImageFile: Mapa_acceso_laguna_negra.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Access Map. The onset is shown with a red star. ImageFile: [http://www.vialidad.cl Department of Roads]]]
From Santiago, you should take Route G-25 at Cajon del Maipo. From the
Vizcachas crossing, 47 kilometers are paved in good condition
==Route description ==
[[ImageFile: Mapa_termas_plomo.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Map of the route. The layout is only referential. It reaches to appreciate the Chile
argentina]]
The route described here starts at the dam, although it is likely that the
steep slope to the reservoir, the road is cut repeatedly by
residual snow boards of avalanches.
[[ImageFile: Embalse_el_yeso_.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Way of the vehicle southern shore of the reservoir, taken from east to west. You can see little snow skiing in that stretch, but the rest of the route after the reservoir presented no problems on that date (September 2001)]] If you are in
skis, you should know how to sing well in this area. Once you arrive
the east end of the lake, the terrain is much easier. Continue
inward toward the northeast by a low slope area, where the
valley is quite wide. It will be visible from the towering pyramid somital
Rigging north [[ImageFile: Aparejo.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Rigging north. The route, however, moving northeast. September 2001]]. The valley gradually narrows and starts, 5.9
kilometers downstream of the dam soon after a monument to
Andean waters workers killed on the spot, the road turns almost
pending. It is an area which in summer is usually covered with grass and
often inhabited by animals.
[[ImageFile: Camping_Termas_del_plomo.jpg|thumb|200px|left| Camping just hundred yards from the hot springs. Photo taken from northeast to southwest. It seen in the background the Mesón Alto. September 2001]] Then, the valley
extends brought many, and appear to the south the glaciers of
Marmolejo. Our route turns gradually to the north. Call
== Permits / Fees ==
* There is a fee of CLP 3.000 per personto get into the '''Parque Valle del Yeso'''. The gate where the fee is charged is located between the Embalse el Yeso and the hot springs. Between late may or june and late november or december, however, the road will be closed for vehicles and there will ne no one to ask for the money.
== Recommendations ==
* The hot springs are not really hot. Only little higher Pozón reaches the temperature "of choice." In midwinter, is desirable a snow shovel to find this deep pools. * In summer (mountain bike) is ideal to go on a weekday, in order exploit the superior Pozón better.
==Waypoints in Google Earth==
* [[Media: Termas_del_Plomo.kmz | Waypoints Termas del Plomo. The route is Reference referencial only]]. {{Download waypoints}}
