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==Season 2024/25==
 
*'''2025-MAR-26 to 2025-MAR-30 / 5 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR+OH (var. A, Rutas RN40 + RP11) / Ivan, Jakub, Daniel'''
 
For this section, we mostly opted for a boring walk along the main road. Still, the vast Argentine pampa had its own unique charm.
 
We set out from El Chaltén before noon, following RP23. On the second day, we chose Route A, but walking along the beach proved challenging due to the soft terrain, so we frequently shifted closer or farther from the shores of Lago Viedma. We recommend to keep farther from the beach. At point X {41} [108.0/256] near La Leona, we continued along RN40 and later switched to RP11 at the junction (-50.30970, -71.85501), following it all the way to El Calafate. Strong headwinds were a major challenge here.
 
*Challenges:
 
-Water management
 
-Long, monotonous stretches on asphalt
 
-Strong western wind
 
*Bivouacing:
 
Finding a good wind-sheltered spot can be tricky. These are the places we camped:
 
1. Old quarry – provided decent wind protection (-49.5197272, -72.5477242)
 
2. Lakeside embankment – protected from the wind, close to the lake for water (-49.6568358, -72.0516014)
 
3. Near Río La Leona – mild winds, easy water access (-49.9726949, -72.0823503)
 
4. Flat spot near water – slight wind, but took time to find a shard-free area (-50.2696277, -71.8864846)
 
5. Hostel Aguilar House – includes breakfast, 12,000 ARS (-50.3333094, -72.2610229)
 
*Water:
 
Water is scarce in the dry pampa, so planning ahead is essential.
 
Available water:
 
Small stream: -49.4040636, -72.7553371
 
Small stream: -49.4112803, -72.7401567
 
Small stream: -49.5036340, -72.5822583
 
Stagnant pool: -49.5081890, -72.5713409
 
Stagnant water: -49.5560720, -72.4225271
 
Tap with potable water (restaurant): -49.8090569, -72.0532054
 
River: -50.1568505, -71.9900064
 
River: -50.2698608, -71.8851865
 
No water available:
 
Dry riverbed: -50.0023450, -72.1077764
 
Dry riverbed: -50.3111712, -72.0635096
 
*Resupply:
 
El Chaltén - As far as we know, there’s no resupply option near the border control at the beginning of the section. However, on the other side of the lake (km 11.6), there’s a restaurant.
At the end of the section, in the tourist trap of El Chaltén, everything is incredibly expensive, and the selection is fairly limited, but you can resupply well enough. We combined resupplies from the supermarkets Lo de Lourdes (-49.3254052, -72.8916425) and Supermercado Chaltén (-49.3307613, -72.8857952), which seemed to us the best-stocked.
We also briefly visited Supermercado Pachamama on the main square (-49.33318, -72.88383), which we found to be the worst option.
Most outdoor shops in El Chaltén sell gas canisters.
 
La Leona – Overpriced tourist restaurant with friendly staff. Offers empanadas, pizza, some fruit, WiFi, and potable water.
 
El Calafate – We resupplied in the La Anónima supermarket (-50.3375244, -72.2616506). Plenty of restaurants, fast food, and a few outdoor stores available.
==Season 2023/24==
==Season 2022* '''From 2023-12-15 to 2023-12-21 /23==/6,5 days // Hiking // NOBO // Quentin Clavel'''
==Season 2021/22==Not exactly the track who's in the GPT guide, because, as I mentionned in the previous section, the National Parc didn't allowed you to pass threw between estancia Cristina and estencia Helsingfors if you're not a group of, at least, 3 people.
==Season 2020/21==So I just walked from El Calafate to El Chaltén. It took me 6,5 days, and that was, as you can imagine not the most exciting section of the GPT !
==Season 2018/19==I begun by following the GPT43 Option 3 (Lago Argentino Costa Sur), then I mostly followed the road to El Chaltén.
==Season 2017/18==I was alternating between the side of the road and the pampa few hundred meters from it. I discovered some surprisingly great landscapes, following wild animals tracks (especially along Rio La Leona), but I somehow came back regularly on the road as the pampa is pretty sandy (especially along the Lago Viedma), and not so easy to walk on.
==Season 2016/17==Pampa is definitely not funny, wind was crazy, and sun very intense. I had to be creative to find shadow and the pipes from dry rivers were pretty good for lunch breaks !
That was pretty desolating to see the very low level of rivers and lakes. But even at this level, it was good to find them to try to stay hydrated (even if the water was mixed with tierra, and so brown and crispy aha)
=Resupply=hotel de campo la Leona". You can camp and resupply (sandwiches, salads, fruits, snacks, cakes, drinks, coffee). It's just on the road, before passing threw the bridge on Rio La Leona.
==Resupply in nearby Towns==11 kilometers before if you go NOBO, or after if you go SOBO, you can find the ex restaurant "Luz la divina", an abandonned pink house, which is an inspiring obligatory passage, even a museum for our fellow cyclists friends, with a lot of signatures on the walls since 2013. (49°53′26.45″S 72°02′37.1″W).
==Resupply on The arrival to Chaltén is long but exciting as the Trail==mountains and the amazing Fitz Roy reveals itself at every step.
* '''November 2023 / Regular Route / mostly SOBO / 3 days / Frank'''
=Access Although you are on tar there are no facilities for 108KM. The route is featureless pampa & you will often go 20KM or more before finding a boulder or calafate bush to Route=shelter from the relentless wind. Only recommended for hikers who are fanatical about connecting footsteps.
I walked Chalten-La Leona in 3 days: 2 half days and 2 full days as follows
=Permits1. Arrived in Chalten, Entry Fees walked out 15KM SOBO and Right-hitched back.2. Hitched out 55KM from Chalten, walked 40KM NOBO and hitched in the last 15KM. I regretted it as NOBO the wind is in your face. It is far easier to walk SOBO with the wind at your back. 3. I got the bus to La Leona, set up tent there and hitched back to 55KM from Chalten. Then I walked 17KM on the road SOBO. The road climbs about 350 metres giving distant views of-Way Issues=Viedma Glacier. I hitched back to La Leona. From KM55 you can go down to the lake and walk along it but the nearer you are to the lake the more windy and exposed it is.4. From KM72 on the road just before a big boulder there is a small jeep track going towards the lake, it is marked on Openstreetmap. I followed the jeep track which runs towards Estancia Punta del Lago. About 2KM before the Estancia I turned left where the jeep track turns towards the Estancia and went along small trails to join another jeep track that led out to the road. Then I walked in the road to La Leona.
The above strategy is a bit risky with a daypack as if you do not get a lift you are snookered. However I was lucky with lifts and never had to wait more than an hour. Vehicles will not stop much near Chalten and Calafate but on the open pampa they often do stop. There is quite a bit of traffic between Calafate and Chalten and also from Rio Gallegos.
=Links to other ResourcesResupply and Accommodation=
No facilities for 108KM after you leave El Chalten.
89KM from Chalten where the road joins Ruta 40 there is a big bus shelter, you could sleep in it. However the route via the shelter is about 7KM longer than the inland route on dirt tracks,
=Images=The pampa is semi desert & there is no water along the route apart from the points marked Bridge on the track file. Water is very silty, you will need a filter.
[[ArchivoPossible campsites: | ]]A few widely spaced estancias but most are well back from the road (often several kilometres) Estancia Santa Margarita (marked on Openstreetmap) is by the road & you could ask if you can camp there. 15KM from Chalten just after the bridge is a building with no roof. You could sleep in it or camp behind it.55KM from Chalten just before another bridge is another building with no roof, another possible refuge or campsite. It will probably be too windy & exposed to camp by the lake. Going along the lake SOBO on dirt tracks about 6KM before you reach the road is Punta del Lago Estancia, you may be able to camp there behind trees or buildings. There are no trees & no shelter on the pampa. Trees only grow at the estancias. After 108KM (or 102KM if you take the jeep tracks) you reach La Leona. Camping for $10 US or 9000 pesos (nov. 2023 price)Expensive accomodation (about $100) but rooms were closed in November. They said rooms open in high season (beginning in December)Restaurant open for hot food 8AM=4PM & for snacks, pizza & beer until 8PM. Pick the most sheltered spot in the campsite, it gets very windy & can knock tents which are not well sheltered. 11 kilometers before La Leona if you go NOBO, or after if you go SOBO, you can find the ex restaurant "Luz la divina", an abandonned pink house, which is an inspiring obligatory passage, even a museum for our fellow cyclists friends, with a lot of signatures on the walls since 2013. (49°53′26.45″S 72°02′37.1″W).  ==Resupply and Accommodation in nearby Towns== Lots of shops & bakeries in Chalten. Hiking shops also & you can get camping gas. La Anonamia supermarket in Calafate. ==Resupply and Accommodation along the Route== =Transport to and from Route=Dec 2023 info 5 buses a day El Chalten to Calafate & Calafate to Chalten, 14000 pesos or about 15 euro. They pass by La Leona. If they have spare seats Chalten Travel and Caltur will drop you in La Leona for 7000 pesos. Caltur normally stop there for a break. Taqsa will not stop at La Leona. Buses normally won't drop you at any locations along the route apart from La Leona & are unlikely to pick you up along the route either.Hitching is fairly easy. =Permits, Entry Fees and Right-of-Way Issues= =Links to other Resources= =Images=
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