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fauna. Between forests and steppes,
you may be surprised by Black
Wo o d p e c k e r Woodpecker ( C a m p e p h i l u sCampephilusm a g e l l a n i c u s magellanicus ) ; “ Vi u d i t a Viudita
(Colorhamphus parvirostris), a little
kind of parrot, or “Dormilona Rufa”
The entire segment is a public road,
and starts at the quay (SNUPIE Nr[[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 1,2,3|Guidepost 1]]) of the old group of houses of
“Candelario Mansilla”, the most
austral location of the region, located
hospitality.<br>
From SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 1,2,3|Guidepost 1]], you walk
in the middle of Obstáculo river
valley, always by the public road.
forests, until getting to top of the slope,
where you will find a natural mirador
(SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 1,2,3|Guidepost 2]]) of Fitz Roy hill's range,
a privileged site from which you can
observe unique panoramic views of
Following the road, you will
find SNUPIE N r [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 1,2,3|Guidepost 3]], few meters
away, that indicates a bifurcation
that will take you away from the
[[Archivo:Glaciar-OHiggins-d2b.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
Follow the track from SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 1,2,3|Guidepost 3]]
and you will get to a beautiful forest
formation until crossing a little stream.
Leaving the lagoon behind,
continue by a flat sector until getting
to SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 4,5,6,7|Guidepost 4]], which indicates the
start of descent. It is a high Andean
swampy terrain with an over 5
snow most of the year.<br>
After SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 4,5,6,7|Guidepost 4]], in the next
2 kilometers, you will have to cross
2 small streams coming from Vicente
Remember that only one
kilometer and a half is left to get to
SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 4,5 ,6,7|Guidepost 5]] from crossing of the
already cited main stream. Once you
enter the shrubby forest, be careful
to take the left side and start the
steepest descent before getting to
SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 4,5 ,6,7|Guidepost 5]] and finishing crossing
of the narrow pass.<br>
SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 4,5,6,7|Guidepost 5]], is an interesting
natural mirador of O’Higgins hill
range, located before starting
with new Lenga shoots. You will have
to cross forests and small prairies
until finally arrive to SNUPIE No. [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 4,5,6,7|Guidepost 6]].
To continue by the road, take your
right and go down until getting to
getting to Chico lake drainage.<br>
Pay attention to SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 4,5,6,7|Guidepost 7]]
that is marked in a small thicket on
the opposite bank of the drainage.<br>
[[Archivo:Glaciar-OHiggins-d3b.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
Keep walking from SNUPIE Nº [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 4,5,6,7 |Guidepost 7]] approx.
200 meters in north-west bound by a
small slope, until getting to a settler's
to the next narrow pass.<br>
Once you leave SNUPIE Nº [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 8,9,10|Guidepost 8]]
behind, keep on climbing until reaching
a mark made in an adult Coigüe. From
gully, you will arrive to the narrow pass
of Fundo “La Carmela”, corresponding
to SNUPIE Nº9[[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 8,9,10|Guidepost 9]].<br>
This is a surprising stop for the
the Road.<br>
From SNUPIE Nº [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 8,9,10|Guidepost 9]], start going
down taking right bank of a lagoon
that you will find in a few meters,
After a few minutes of walk by
the above cited moraine, the track
will lead you to SNUPIE Nº [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 8,9,10|Guidepost 10]],
which will indicate you that you are
few meters away from an ideal sector
[[Archivo:Glaciar-OHiggins-d4b.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
From SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 8,9,10|Guidepost 10]], move forward
a few meters and divert to the left,
leaving the lateral moraine and
promontory which locates at a few
meters at the right of the marked
track corresponding to SNUPIE Nr[[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 11,12,13,14|Guidepost 11]]. There you will enjoy interesting
panoramic views of O’Higgins
glaciers and its surroundings.<br>
until reaching a slight ascent with
well-marked track which will lead
you to SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 11,12,13,14|Guidepost 12]], located in a
small exposed rocky edge. This is an
ideal place to observe the O’Higgins
Continuing the tour from
SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 11,12,13,14|Guidepost 12]], we observe that the
landscape gradually becomes a high
Andean steppe, leaving forest behind
access to the most west lagoon, next
to a scarp, where you could identify
SNUPIE Nr. [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 11,12,13 ,14|Guidepost 13]] in its shore, on a large
rock.<br>
SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 11,12,13 ,14|Guidepost 13]] is a unique
natural mirador for the perspectives
of the O’Higgins Glacier front. Face
of scarp without visible track. After
running more than 1.5 kilometers
from SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 11,12,13 ,14|Guidepost 13]] you will find a
plain sector, with pasturelands and
abundant deep pools, just before
Consider no more than 10
minutes after this stream to reach
SNUPIE N r [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 11,12,13,14 |Guidepost 14]] on a large rock
located next to a small pool, it is an
excellent mirador of the glacier and
It is also important to consider
that the following 7 kilometers from
SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 11,12,13,14|Guidepost 14]], correspond to an
access ascent to “Alto de los Líquenes”
mountain pass, which name is due to
appropriate break in camp I.<br>
From SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 11,12,13,14 |Guidepost 14]] take general
direction 75º, at about 800 meters you
will cross a small mountain pass, where
At the end of the ascent, you will
face SNUPIE Nr15[[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 15,16,17|Guidepost 15]], that will show you
the arrival to “Alto de Los Líquenes”
mountain pass, from where you could
its north-east riverside until arriving to
its sewage. From there, only 400 meters
are left to arrive to SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 15,16,17|Guidepost 16]]
located on a rocky doorsill, showing the
beginning of a new descent, and soon
your left through a marked track,
considering that in less than 20 minutes
of run from SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 15,16,17|Guidepost 16]], it will be
necessary to cross a stream at your right.
From there continue next to the riversides.<br>
away from it. Follow its south riverside
in plain lands and with abundant forests
until reaching SNUPIE N r [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 15,16,17|Guidepost 17]],
corresponding to Camp II. It is a perfect
place for a longer break, at the stream
[[Archivo:Glaciar-OHiggins-d5c.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
From SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 15,16,17 |Guidepost 17]] continue for
about 40 meters downstream, cross it
and then take a small wooded ascent
After finishing the ascent you
will arrive to SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 18 ,19,20|Guidepost 18]] , which
is an interesting mirador of “Gorra
Blanca” hill and the mountains of
including the sights to the O´Higgins
lake and Chico lake, we recommend
to continue the tour to SNUPIE Nr[[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 18,19 ,20|Guidepost 19]] .<br>
This SNUPIE is located in a
to the strong winds.<br>
From SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 18,19 ,20|Guidepost 19]] , take the
track again and continue down
always through the hillside (north-
After continuing for not more
than one hour, you will arrive to
SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 18,19,20|Guidepost 20]], an ideal place to
camp or to make a brief break before
reaching the peninsula of Chico lake.
unexpectedly.<br>
From SNUPIE N r [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 18,19,20|Guidepost 20]], you
leave the stream so that in a few
meters, you begin the descent to the
Candelario Mansilla. First of all, you
should agree with the neighbors of the
sector the crossing from SNUPIE Nr [[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 4,5,6,7|Guidepost 7]],
located at the sewage edge of Chico
lake. Upon planning the return, consider
and part of Campo de Hielo Sur, as well
as the views of Fitz Roy Mountain and
Torres hill in SNUPIE Nr 7[[Hitos Los Glaciares del lago O´Higgins#Hitos/Guidepost 1,2,3|Guidepost 2]].<br>
If weather conditions are good to
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