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[[Imagen:Vista Glaciar del Juncal.jpg|thumb|300px|right|View of the Juncal Glacier]]

'''Trekking and Mountain Bike''': September-May. Although the valley is high, its orientation does not allow for the accumulation of snow, making it a bad destiny destination for randonnée.

[[Imagen:Mapa de acceso al trek Glaciar del Juncal.jpg|thumb|right|Map of Access to the Juncal Glacier. Imagen: [http://www.vialidad.cl Dirección de Vialidad] ]]From Los Andes, you should take the international road to Mendoza CH-60. Continue on up this road , past Rio Blanco and Guardia Vieja, and 3 snow "tunnels", for a total of approximately 50 km and exit to the right, immediately before the 20-curve slope start of a series of steep curves that ends in leads to Portillo. Once off the main road, here begins take a turn left and then right again around a goat herders house and up and along a dirt road that penetrates . You will always have the same valley río Juncal to your right and the remnants of the Transandine Railway that linked Los Andes to Mendoza until the railroad used early '80s. After 3 kms you will reach a old rather decrepit stone "pirca" or wall, the entrance to travel the Parque Andino Juncal, a private protected area that belongs to Mendozathe Kenrick Lyon family. The Parque was designated a Ramsar site in 2010, you can still find traces because of the international importance of its tracks and installationswetlands. This It is Chile's 12th Ramsar site. The state of the dirt roadwill depend on the time of the year, is generally in good shapethe rain and snowfall. After approximately 8 km 6 kms you will see reach Los Hornitos where vehicles can be left. There are two housesold mining constructions, one of which houses the Park Ranger and a summer residence for mining processing plant ruin, the valley muleteer. This is Hotel Mil Estrellas, where we suggest you camp, protected from the wind and close to a simple but functional public bathroom. You must register with the Park Ranger before starting your trek begins. 

[[Imagen:Perfil_Glaciar_Juncal.png|thumb|200px|left|Perfil de alturas del trekking. The vertical scale is increased]]#You can take a bus in Santiago (at Los Heroes subway terminal) that goes to Mendoza. You have to pay the price of the total trip and negotiate a special price, since you will not be going to Mendoza. Ask to be left at Curva Cero (Curve Cero), or at the Galpon de Vialidad Juncal. From there, the walk is about 2 hours long.#From Los Andes, take a "colectivo" to Rio Blanco. Ask to be taken either to Curva Cero or Los Hornitos. Walk for about 2 hours. #From Los Andes take a bus to Rio Blanco. Hitchhike to the gas station to curve cero. Walk for 2 hours.

After parking at in Los Hornitos, and registering and paying your entrance fee with the housesPark Ranger, start walking on along the path toward trail towards the southeast, after about 5 minutes you will reach a bridge that crosses the river, the path . The trail slowly ascends for about 25 minutes reaching a lookout that reveals the the entire valley almost in its entirety, and the beauty of the peak Nevados de Juncal and the Alto de Los Leones. The path descends lightly gently until reaching the valleyVegas de Nacimiento wetlands, starting here, the walk is relatively flat with a few occasional ascents and descents. Immediately after passing some fertile lowlandsthe Vegas de Nacimiento (very delicate, you will reach please refrain from walking on them, particularly as a zone result of large rocks (Bouldersthe drought and illegal cattle grazing), you will reach an area of morains that can be used as a is called the Las Morrenas campsite. Here the road trail will open in a fork of out into different paths, you should keep going south -south-east until reaching the river Estero Monos de Agua, this river stream is approx. 7 mts wide and it usually does not exceed knee-height, but during the late summer months when the glaciers thaw (December), glacier thaws it can be the greatest obstacle of the entire trek. To cross the riverEstero, it is recommended to take shoes to get wet, because of sandals and a small towel (the low temperatureswater is freezing cold), and a rope in case it is carrying too much water. [[Imagen:Ruta Glaciar del Juncal.jpg|right|thumb|Route to Juncal Glacier]]. It is also recommended crossing the Estero Monos de Agua as early as possible in the day to avoid the a rise increase in the volume of water(but if visiting for the day, bear in mind that water volume will increase towards the evening). The periods of greatest flow are between the months of December and early February, and between 1300 and 1600 hours. Once having crossed, continue on south along the valley of the Juncal river (the same valley you have been walking up the pathtrail), and not the Monos de Agua Valley, the later would take you to the [[Glaciar Francisco Moreno]] described under the trek with the same name. Fifteen minutes from the river the path trail begins to ascend and after going around a mountain hill the road trail turns [[Imagen:Vista Cerro Alto de los Leones.jpg|left|thumb|View of the Alto de Los Leones Peak]] left gradually revealing little by little the glaciers of Mount Glaciar Juncal, at the curve the moraines . The morraines of the glacier will start begin to appear as the path gets losttrail disappears. Here a decision must be made taken as to when how far to turn backcontinue. You should keep bear in mind that when you reach the moraine you will be standing on top of the glacier, and these tend to have large [[Imagen:Paisaje trek Glaciar del Juncal.jpg|right|thumb|Landscape Juncal Glacier Trek]]crevices potentially dangerous crevasses that could be hidden from sight under the snow. Walk until established viewing point.

*'''Mountain bike''': 2 hours to the glacier, 1 hour back. Also consider the 30 minutes of a car ride from the fork start of the dirt road to the beginning of the trek.

This place The Parque Andino Juncal is located on a private propertybelonging to the Comunidad Kenrick Lyon. It costs Entrance fee is $15.000 CLP per person per day. Camping is $2.500 CLP per person per day. There are no installationsis one public bathroom in Los Hornitos, and no signalingrudimentary signage. For more information go to [http://www.parqueandinojuncal.org Parque Andino Juncal]or the Facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/Parqueandinojuncal/. Leave no trace

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