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* GPT29P Valle Picacho Regular Packrafting Route / 2022 -Jan-4 / to 2022-Jan-06Tobias SchorchtNorthbound Regular Packrafting Route from Picaflor to Puerto Cisnes2.5 days Exploring this Remote Valley was one of my favourite parts of the southern GPT. Since there were some days with heavy rain before I went, water levels were high. Many rapids class 2 let me enjoy the Rio Picacho a lot. Such a wild and mystic place! The first rapid of Lago Copa could be packrafted as well, the 3 other rapids I needed to bypass, which was VERY challenging, because I didn‘t bring a machete (stupid me). It took me 4 hours to bypass the second rapid of Lago copa (only 2,5 days / Kilometers!). Don’t ask how I managed to get through that dense Jungle, but there was also no way back. I looked very funny afterwards. The third Rapid on Lago copa is „easy“ to Bypass. Thanks to Tobias SchorchtHellwig, Ricardo Campos , Jen Ni and Meylin Elisabeth Ubilla González for cleaning up the last bypass from Lago Copa to Lago Escondido in 2019!! The Trail is still visible, only some parts are overgrown. I highly recommend to read there well written and detailed Report below. * 2018-Jan-11 to 2018-Jan-14Meylin Ubilla, Jen Ni, Tobias Hellwig, Ricardo Campos, Jan Dudeck Northbound Regular Packrafting Route from Picaflor to Puerto Cisnes3.5 days
Exploring this Remote Valley will be one The 2 km of my favourite parts bush-bashing are very slow going. This is probably the most overgrown piece of regular route of the southern entire GPT. Since there were some days with Machetes are required.After heavy rain before I wentthe lake level rises quickly, therefore camping close to water levels were highshould be avoided in rain or instable weather. Many rapids class 2 let me enjoy the Rio Picachu We noticed a lot0. Such a wild and mystic place! The first rapid 3 m rise in one night. Driftwood in elevated areas indicates seasonal water level changes of Lago Copa could be packrafted as wellup to 2 m! Also, the 3 other rapids I needed along Lago Copa appear to bypass, which was VERY challenging, because I didn‘t bring a machete (stupid me)change significant depending on the lake water level. It took me 4 hours to bypass We have seen the second final rapid of where Lago copa Copa drains into Lago Escondido once after weeks of heavy rain (only 2,5 Kilometers!Jan 2018). Don’t ask how I managed to get through that dense Jungle, but there and a second time after average summer weather (Jan 2019) and the situation was also no way backcompletely different. I looked very funny afterwardsWe loved the wilderness and the remoteness of this section. The third Rapid First other human seen on Lago copa is „easy“ to Bypassday three. Thanks to Tobias Hellwig, Ricardo Campos , Jen Ni and Meylin Elisabeth Ubilla González for cleaning up Packrafting was not excessively demanding but only if the last bypass from lake rapids are portered along the regular packrafting route. Wind on Lago Copa to Lago Escondido in 2019!! The Trail is still visible, only some parts are overgrownwas as expected against the travel direction but manageable. I highly recomment to read there well written and detailed Report belowWe slept one night on the terrace under the roof of the abandoned building at Kilometer 47.8 (was a luxury fishing lodge). Having a roof in rain was a delight but it remains unclear when this building collapses.
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