Refugio Plantat (english)

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Refuge Plantat. November 2004. Image: Joaquin Barañao

Best season

• Trekking: The right time for trekking is between the months of October (possibly including snow) and early May. Ideal for the months of November and December
• Randonnée: Between June and August. Unless there recently snowed, it may well be necessary to load the skis throughout the first half of the slope of the afflicted.

Access

By car

Map Plantat access. The start of the trek is marked with a red star (bottom right). Map. Image: Department of Roads

From Santiago, you should take Route G-25 at Cajon del Maipo. From the junction of Vizcachas, are 47 miles paved in good to the control of police of San Gabriel (telephone 8611008 and 8612290, should you wish to check the status of the road, although the responses are to be too "conservative"). Then are 1.1 kilometers of pavement to the confluence of the Maipo Gypsum. Immediately after the bridge starts on gravel whose state depends on the length of time without being arranged by equipment for roads, but it is usually state regular. After 18 kilometers of gravel on the main road we arrive at the fork to Baños Morales, nestled on the north bank of the volcano.. This is the last place where supplies. It must continue along the main road and not diverted to Baños Morales, after 1.5 kilometers from the bifurcation is passed through the mining town of San Gabriel. 6 kilometers below the bifurcation to Baños Morales, once thecostsof the Afflicted, you reach a bridge crossing the River Hill. Only 120 meters after the bridge is reached Cabrerias,right of way. The Cabrerias is only a shelter frequented by drovers, recognizable by a large rock with a small chimney on top.

Public transport and hitchhiking

The municipal bus line (Turmaipo) conducts tours to Baños Morales. From October until 1 January, the bus departs on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. A count of the first of January until 15 March, a bus leaves every day. The exit is on the Metrobus Terminal Bellavista de la Florida (penultimate station on subway line 5). If you have questions subway guards can help. The return value of the passage to Banos Morales is $ 6,000 (the amount in Turmaipo confirm: 8611518 to 8612450, or their website). There are rates for intermediate lengths. The output bus from the terminal is performed at 8:30 and get a bus a day. You can also take this bus in Puente Alto, outside the station Las Mercedes, where the bus passes close at 8:50. For San Jose de Maipo passes around 9:35 and arrives at Baños Morales about 11 am. You'll recognize the bus by its number, "MB-72".

It is also possible to privately hire the minibus Turismontaña (8500555 / 8500783) or ARPU Tourism (6818475 and 09-9320108) and fix a price to the same starting point. Both made the previous booking service to Baños Morales. Depart from Baquedano Metro Station (Plaza Italia), a Telefonica side of the building.

Route description == ==

Map trekking Plantat

Profile trekking approximately from Profiler Google Maps. The low slope section between km 1 and 4 is the Valley of the Fattening

The route starts around the Morro Black. He started walking down the road for jeeps that begins to surround it in the opposite direction to the hill itself, to the west. Only 240 meters later, there's a footpath to the right path while the vehicle continued toward the Glaciar del Morado. The trail heads toward the north in the middle of a slag heap of rocks and boulders. After half an hour of this rocky landscape appears eminently majestic volcano San Jose to the east and extends Valley finished in the same direction. They are the first meters of fertile pastures that give the valley its name. At the beginning of the valley there is a bridge crossing the estuary of the Fattening, but with his eyes straight ahead, you tend to cross much later, in which case, especially during the months of November through January may be necessary to remove your shoes. After crossing several courses under one reaches the foot of the ravine south (note that there is also a ravine north), where it begins to gain altitude. What emerges is a first step to-green. The trail continues winding through the grass and then finally turns to the south where, along the same stream that we have been following from the bottom of the gorge, appears among the rocks the small but comfortable Plantat shelter (3,130 m)

Engorda Valley, on the slopes of Volcán San José, April 2004. Notice how the route climbs through the ravine south

Expected Time === === At a normal pace, this trek should take a few hours between 3 hours and shelter Cabrerias Plantat.

Permits / Fees

• This trek requires no permits or admission is charged

Recommendations

• The Plantat shelter was built in 1937 by don Enrique Plantat, as a replica of a shelter in the Alps. Some say that by his love of skiing, some say that by his love of hunting guanacos. Originally, it had a fireplace and water. Today is maintained by his family and mountaineering community. It is VERY IMPORTANT to take care of the shelter for future visitors.
• To climb to the summit of Volcán San José, we recommend you read the reviews of the ascent route in Andeshandbook.

Hire horses

You can hire horses with Roberto Molina and Katerina Cáceres, departing from Baños Morales. Ph: 02-87100051, 91667566. Fares are around CLP $10.000 (US 18) per horse. == == Waypoints in Google Earth

• Waypoints Plantat trekking. Full path.To download the file right-click and then select "Save file as" (IE) or "Save link as" (Firefox, Chrome). By trying to open it directly, some browsers will show the raw code with the coordinates.