508
ediciones
Cambios
→Elevation Profile of Regular Hiking Route
==Recent Alerts and Suggestions==
Rio Cisnes at La Tapera is normally not fordable. However there are two small boats on early in the south bankseason. Best to wait until January & go NOBO. If you ask in La Tapera someone can cross Rio Cisnes the other fords should be able to row you across for a small paymenteasy.
==Season Section Log==
Contact: @martin_hanzelka @helenneka
* 2023 Feb-1 NOBO 2 days Frank
Rio Cisnes was easily fordable in early February, less than knee deep. I was surprised how much it had dropped - in November it was head height. All fords less than knee deep when I went through. Early on day 2 I reached a settlement at ford 39.4. Don't ford the river here but go right just before the ford on a small road which leads to another, easier ford & bypasses the settlement. You rejoin the RR after the easier ford. When you are nearing Lago Verde it's quicker to go left on the optional route which leads straight to Lago Verde without going through Argentina. You go through a puesto but there was no one there.
==Summary Table==
====Elevation Profile of Regular Hiking Route====
[[File:profile GPT28.PNG|frame|center|Elevation Profile of Regular Hiking Route (2019)]]
==Section Planning Status==
==Recommended Travel Period==
==Benefits of Hiking and Packrafting==
==Recommended Travel Direction==
Rio Cisnes just outside La Tapera is the crux ford so it is best to go NOBO.
==Section Length and Travel Duration==
==Suitable Section Combinations==
====Shopping: Equipment====
====Services: Restaurants====
A couple of cafes in La Tapera. The hostal by the square in Lago Verde does a good evening meal.
====Services: Laundry====
====Services: ATM and Money Exchange====
No exchange facilities in La Tapera or Lago Verde. You can pay with CC in some places but best to bring cash.
====Accommodation: Hostals and Hotels====
La Tapera: At least 2 accommodations, one of them was full, but the other was in a blue house, cost 15k CLP pp with wifi and hot water, nice and clean.
Lago Verde: Hostal by the main square near the supermarket.
====Accommodation: Cabañas====
====Accommodation: Camping====
===Access to Start===
===Return from Finish===
There is a bus at 10AM on Wednesday, Friday & Sunday from Coyhaique to La Tapera. It returns from La Tapera to Coyhaique on the same afternoons.
===Escape Options===
There are two buses a week from Lago Verde to La Junta on the Carratera Austral or you can hitch. Not too many vehicles but they usually stop.
==Permits, Entry Fees and Right-of-Way Issues==
==Regular Route==
