==Season 2023/24==
From 2024-02-13 to 2024-02-13 // 1 day // Hiking // NOBO // VARIANT H + RR // Quentin Clavel
I started from Trevelin (was going a bit further than aldea escolar on last section to resupply, have comfort in hostal and enjoy great food in a bigger city), I took the variant H then I continue on the RR.
It was a crazy hot day and there were unfortunately not a lot of trees to get some shadow. The section is pretty easy to follow. A bit overgrown on some rare part, and with these horrible spiky little plants that stay stuck in your shoes, socks and legs.
You'll pass threw a whole area that has been destroyed by fire few years ago, strange and sad atmosphere.
Then you reach the very nice Lago futalaufquen, as a gift for ending this little section !
Following the RR avoid you the entrance of the parc. So no need to pay. And I haven't been checked by guardaparque inside the park.
==Season 2022/23==
*General Information Recommendations:The Regular Route is best hiked from November to April. Hiking in either a northbound or southbound direction is feasible and recommended. The section is 40km long and takes about a day and a half to complete. Due to the ocasional overgrown state of the trail, bush bashing is required in several places and progress is a bit slow in many other places. However, the trail has been passable throughout. There are panoramic views, and an openness not common in adjacent sections. There are also a few kms of interesting bamboo forest. Previously, the opening few southbound kms of this section were officially closed, but they have since reopened. There is clear evidence of past fire damage in the opening segment and this has contributed to the openness of that segment.
The Regular Route is best hiked from November to April.
Hiking in either a northbound or southbound direction is feasible and recommended.
The section is 40km long and takes about a day and a half to complete.
Due to the ocasional overgrown state of the trail, bush bashing is required in several places and progress is a bit slow in many other places. However, the trail has been passable throughout.
There are panoramic views, and an openness not common in adjacent sections. There are also a few kms of interesting bamboo forest.
Previously, the opening few southbound kms of this section were officially closed, but they have since reopened. There is clear evidence of past fire damage in the opening segment and this has contributed to the openness of that segment.
* 2023-Mar-05 / SOBO / RR + 25H-F and 25H-01 / 1.5 days / Martin & Helena
Contact: @martin_hanzelka @helenneka
* 2023 January / Hiking / GPT25 Southbound / Mostly Regular Route / Martin Lizondo
Sections 23, 24, 25 southbound (RR Hiking)
GPT 23: I recently posted that this section is now possible to hike mostly on trail and without bushbashing (alternative route from El Turbio to Lago Cholila via Cerro Plataforma). Also the trail inside burned forest near Lago Puelo is maintained.
GPT 24: Good news. All trails of Huella Andina are now easy to walk, maintained and well marked. Only a few fallen trees can interrupt the easy walking in very specific areas.
GPT 25: walkable, but with some bush bashing following the barbered wire at lat. -43.043163 long. -71.538541.
Happy hiking.
*2022 Nov 13-14 Frank SOBO
==Season 2017/18==
*Route description by Kara Davis after Season 2017/18
This section was not completed. We left the route after 24.5 km and went into Trevelin due to sickness. See below for notes about the part we did complete.
Alternate:
At the Villa Futalaufquen information center, a ranger informed us that the part of GPT25H in Parque Nacional Los Alerces is closed due to fire closure. She could not give us any information about when the trail would reopen. To bypass this part, walk along highway RP71 to the entrance gate for the national park. 2 to 3 kilometers past the national park entrance, turn off onto a gravel road that heads south southwest to rejoin the regular route.
The route becomes a maze of dirt trails that can be hard to follow. There was heavy GPS use in this section. Within a few kilometers, the trail disappears into thick brush and begins to follow a fenceline. It is slow going through here. After reaching the end of the fenceline, we decided to go to Trevelin for a week of illness and misery.
==Season 2016/17==
*Trevelin/Esquel.
Trevelin is a large town with all necessary amenities for resupply and rest.La Anonima supermarket is 2KM south of the centre. There are 2 shops with hiking gear. Lodging options are primarily cabañas, but there is one local hospidaje. A bus to Esquel, a slightly larger town with more grocery and lodging options, runs every hour for 42 pesos.
Trevelin is a large town with all necessary amenities for resupply and rest.La Anonima supermarket is 2KM south of the centre. There are 2 shops with hiking gear. Lodging options are primarily cabañas, but there is one local hospidaje. A bus to Esquel, a slightly larger town with more grocery and lodging options, runs every hour for 42 pesos. It is also worth noting there is a hospital *HOSPITAL : in both towns. Although we spent a fair amount of time in the Esquel hospital, we heard rumours the Trevelin one was way nicer. Who were we to complain though, Argentinean healthcare is free!
*In Aldea Escolar itself, there are at least three basic food shops and accommodation at Cabañas Rosa.
==Resupply and Accommodation along the Route==
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{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+'''GPT25H: Aldea Escolar'''
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| GPT25H: Aldea Escolar
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Hiking
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Packrafting
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"|Group
| colspan="2" | E: Lagos Argentinos
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Total
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|'''39.4 km'''
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|'''11 h'''
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| '''61.4 km'''
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|'''17 h'''
|-
| style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"|Region
| colspan="2" | Argentina: Chubut
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Trails (TL)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|15.7 km
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|39.8%
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 15.6 km
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|25.3%
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Start
| colspan="2" | Villa Futalaufquen, Lago Kruger Lodge
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Minor Roads (MR)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|23.7 km
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|60.2%
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 23.9 km
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 38.9%
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Finish
| colspan="2" | Aldea Escolar
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Primary Roads (PR)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Status
| colspan="2" | Published & Verified
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Cross-Country (CC)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 0.1 km
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 0.2%
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Traversable
| colspan="2" | Nov - Apr (Maybe: Sep, Oct, May)
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Bush-Bashing (BB)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|-
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Packraft
| colspan="2" | Only Burden
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Ferry (FY)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|-
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Connects to
| colspan="2" | GPT24H, GPT24P, GPT25P, GPT26, GPT70
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Investigation (I)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Options
| colspan="2" | 89 km (2 Options & Variants)
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Exploration (EXP)
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|-
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|-
|-
|
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Hiking
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Packrafting
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"|
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Total on Water
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| '''21.8 km'''
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| '''35.5%'''
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Attraction
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|1 (of 5)
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 1 (of 5)
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| River (RI)
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Difficulty
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|3 (of 5)
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 3 (of 5)
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Lake (LK)
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 21.8 km
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| 35.5%
|-
| style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"|Direction
|style="background-color:#ffbfbf;"|Both ↓↑
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|Both ↓↑
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Fjord (FJ)
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"| -
|style="background-color:#c2edfc;"|-
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Comment
| colspan="7" | -
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Character
| colspan="7" | Forest, Farmland, Settlers
|-
|style="background-color:#bfbfbf;"| Challenges
| colspan="7" | Bush Bashing
|}
[[File:profile GPT25.PNG|frame|center|Elevation Profile of Regular Hiking Route (2019)]]
