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→Season 2023/24
* Recommendation Jan Dudeck November 2023: The Regular Route on the eastern side of Lago Puelo is traversable again. Also, thanks to Martin Lizondo the Regular Route could be re-routed next to Cerro Plataforma onto a more maintained trail. This avoids serious bush bashing on the now obselete Regular Route that I renamed to Option 6 (Cerro Tres Picos). This makes previous route descriptions not applicable to the updated 2023 route. So enjoy section GPT23 again without battling through dense fields of bamboo grass.
* 2023-dec-01 to 2023-dec-05 / 5 days / packrafting / SOBO / RP / Cy & GG
Superb section with good variety of landscapes
Don't underestimate the strong gusts of winds in the lago puelo
First camp on the shore of the lago in the middle of dead trees ready to host
The trail up to cerro plataforma was very clean and well maintened, still steep on some parts... lots of snow at this period around the pass but faiseable
Wet soil after the pass but easy going until you reach the next valley
Huemul seen in this area, check it !
Bush bashing from the ridge through bamboos quite tricky but there is a trail, we lean good part of the way with machete.
After the ridge and the first stream, need to find the way through small open areas and dense bamboo and brushes. Machete essential
Easy going then from the first puest and settler
Rio Tigre was easy to packraft with just few dead trees and 2 smalls rapids. Be careful and concentrate on the second left turn or scout it from the shore before passing it
Cholila lake was super calm in the morning then the wind came at 12am pushing us from the back.
Entrance of rio carrileufu is easy and directly connected to the campsite making the logistic very easy
Rio Carrileufu then is a really cool fishing river
==Season 2022/23==