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==Season 2025/26==
* ''' GPT15 | 2026-01-28 to 2026-01-29 I 2 days | hiking | SOBO I Route: Option 1 | Michaela '''
Day 1
I walked all day on minor roads, almost 30 km. I hoped to hitchhike part of the way, but not a single car passed.
I did not take the GPT track of Option 1 via Laguna Isolde. I stayed on the minor road because I wanted to arrive early at the termas and have more time to enjoy them.
I arrived around 3 pm and decided to stay at Termas San Sebastián. They felt a bit more comfortable and cost the same as the Eco Camp (15,000 CLP). The owners are super friendly. There were only two other families.
I had an amazing campsite far away from the people, right next to the river.
Day 2
I started just before noon from the termas. I followed Option 1 until here: -39.116396, -71.680268, then I followed an OSM trail to Lake Caburgua.
I think this could be a good new option for the GPT to avoid problems with CONAF in Huerquehue National Park.
At the lake, the trail soon turns into a dirt road. There are some cars, so hitchhiking is possible. I walked along the shore hoping to find a camping spot, but no luck. Almost the entire lakeshore is private property.
In the end, I hitchhiked the last 2–3 km to Camping Los Maitenes (10,000 CLP). It’s a quiet campsite with electricity, warm water, and a washing machine. Not directly at the lake, but only a 5-minute walk.
The next day I took the bus to Pucón for a few rest days. Rain is coming.
Attractiveness: 3/5, Difficulty: 2/5
''' GPT15/2025-12-28 to 2025-12-29/ 2 days/ SOBO/RR+variant A/Denis and Robert '''
We didn’t stop in Reigolil at all. Section is very simple, road walk some parts a bit busy with traffic so some dust.
Stayed in Currarehue for two nights in Maxmafram cabañas for 40000 pesos for night.
Attractiveness 1/5
Difficulty 1/5
*'''2025-08-25: Track file update 2025 and investigation suggestions of Jan Dudeck'''
- The Regular Route avoids the popular but crowed National Parque Huerquehue where camping is strictly banned.
- GPT15 Option 1 (PN Huerquehue): Hikers that don't care about connecting footsteps may opt against the regular route and traverse Parque Huerquehue but must camp near the Termas del Rio Blanco before entering the national parque.
- GPT15 Option 2 (Cordon Peinetas): It is currently unclear if maintained trails ascent on this more eastern route to the forest roads on the other side of the mountains. If would be useful, if a hiker with good Spanish skills asks local residents and verifies this route.
- GPT15 Option 3 (Valle Panqui): This short cut is faster then the Regular Route.
==Season 2024/25==
05-MAY-2025 to 14-MAY-2025 / 6 days / hiking / NOBO / Option 3, RR, / Ben, Stephanie
Route from Curarrehue to Reigolil. Road walking through beautiful valleys, hiking the spectacular Nevados de Sollipolli, aracharia forests and hot springs.
We started on Option A because of wet, cold, snow forecast for Laguna Hualalafquén. Termas de Panqui are great: very rustic with several temperatures available. 40 mil per person for cute cabanas and 24 hour access to the pools. Perfect for a day of all rain and low clouds.
Trail over the pass to Reigolil is easy to follow with the GPS tracks, despite the dire warnings we received about slippery mud and getting lost.
Roky, mentioned in an earlier post, also offers lodging but he replied to us after we had already passed his location.
In Reigolil, the shop just past the Carabineros is adequate for resupply. Owner of the shop also has a cabana. Very friendly hospedaje right across the street, 20 mil per person and 2 meals a day. Call Lucy: 56985982289 and 56982524177. Spent 2 stormy days here.
* ''' 2025-Feb-10 to 2025-Feb-14 / 2 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR / Farah & Jan '''
Combined GPT14 and 15 and took 6,5 hiking days in total including the Sollipulli Summit ascent.
Highlights: Araucaria forests, Piñones, fast food, hospitable Mapuches, delicious blackberries
“Challenges”: Fallen trees and spinous blackberry bushes
Planned to spend our first night on GPT15 at Camp $ {15} [2.4+0.2/819]. Upon arrival we only found a deserted property with an empty house. Augusto, the neighbor at S 39°08.1453’ W 71°28.9760’ told us that the owner wasn’t at home but we could camp there anyways. Few minutes later his daughter Gloria offered us to sleep in a bed in a house on their property house for 20 luca. We happily accepted and got ice cold watermelon and some savory empanadas for second dinner - a stroke of luck after the restaurant in Reigolil was closed.
In the morning Gloria made a delicious breakfast for us, consisting of huevos revueltos, pan, ají, manjar casero and mate. We gave her 20 luca for the bed and another 20 for the two meals.
Augusto showed us a small cabaña he is currently building to host more hikers in the future. After using the power supply and internet for some planning and communication, we continued our hike in the afternoon.
At around S 39°11.0510’ W 71°28.0804’ we met a guy called Roky who offered us accommodation. We declined but noted his phone number for hikers who pass there in the future: +56 9 7820 4656
At S 39°13.0879’ W 71°26.1168’ we discovered a food truck just 200 m across the bridge from the RR. We ate one serving of delicious fried chicken, one of salchipapas and two soft drinks for a total of 11 luca. The owner told us he had opened this year.
Camped at S 39°15.0309’ W 71°25.9345’. Not ideal as it’s very close to the street but at least next to the river.
The next morning we ascended to Laguna Hualalafquén and spent one and a half days there, enjoying this beautiful place. Along the way we found a brand new mini shop (although closed when we passed it at round 8 in the morning) at S 39°17.8526’ W 71°26.0645’. Also picked a lot of delicious blackberries on our ascent.
On our second day at the laguna, we met fellow GPT hiker Peggy who pitched her tent close to ours and we had a nice chat with her.
Started early in the morning the next day to walk to Curarrehue. Filled out water bladders at the laguna which would not have been necessary as there is plenty of water on the way down.
Plenty of fallen trees that had to be climbed over or crawled under slowed us down on the way down. Got caught in blackberry bushes with nasty spines. Also found another locked gate which was super easy to climb around though.
From Curarrehue we originally wanted to take the next bus to Pucón (they go every 30 min), but then decided to stay a night and then even one more as this little town/village is very beautiful. Strongly recommended for hikers who want to take some time to explore a community where Mapuche culture is lived and celebrated.
*'''2025-02-11 / 1 day / Hiking / SOBO / Road+OH 15A+RR / Dorota Szparaga'''
I followed the advice of the owner of the hostel and took the road which is parallel to the RR. Nice, comfortable road with a lot of houses. He said that here there are fewer cars. There were "zona de carpas" at points -39.23382, -71.43492. In the settlement Maite Aquas Blancas (15-A) [4.2+0.5/526] I crossed the bridge and joined at km 4 var A. There was water at -39.34382, -71.49513. Quiet road in the forest without views. Then I took the RR from km 40.9 of the RR. Night at Curarrehue en Cabana together with Peggy ( she went from stage 16). We paid 50.000 clp. To rooms and salón and kitchen (-39.36245, -71.58551). The village has everything. A lot of supermercados, ferreteria (gaz) -39.36469, -71.58380. Also, you can repair your clothes in two places. One -39.36170, -71.58498. Another at -39.36358, -71.58413. Also, there is a man who can repair shoes, his phone +56961763003.
*'''2025-01-15 to 2025-01-16 / 1.5 days / NOBO / RR + Option 1 (PN Huerquehue) / Tobias '''
Arrived at PN Hierquehue with the first Bus from Pucon in the Morning. Could not enter, because the Tickets for the Park were sold out and they didn’t let me cross the park anyway. No one with a big backpack was allowed to enter. Ranger said, that the path to the other side is closed since 9 years. Thought about finding my way around the checkpoint, but there is another checkpoint in the Park and I don’t won’t to complain, so I turned back and hitchhiked to Currarehue. There is a second unofficial entrance to cross Huerquehue down from the lake (-39.11001, -71.74589). I have done that trail 5 years ago and it worked. But to get there you need to do another 20km road walk by the lake.
From Curarruehue I walked on the boring road. Good thing about walking boring section is that I always meet a lot of people. I was 3 times invited for coffee or mate, ate many cherrys and learned a lot about the Mapuche communities up there. I did not hitchhike, but 2 cars stopped beside me and took me for a while. So all in all, I liked the section.
* ''' 2025-JAN-04 / 1 jours / Randonnée + bus / SOBO / RR / Pierre-Marie '''
Etape : GPT14+GPT15+GPT16+GPT17+GPT18+GPT19
| Meteo : soleil
| Eau : facile
| Neige : non
| Intérêt : 1/5
| Difficulté : 0/5
| Danger : aucun
Bus a 7h45 Reigolil > Maite Centre (km 24,1). Du km 39 au km 41, le sentier n'est plus utilisé par les locaux et la végétation pousse vite. Dans la vallée tout est cloturé, j'ai ouvert le portail au km 41,5 pour prendre de l'eau. La gravel road jusqu'a Curarrehue est arborée et se fait bien.
*'''2024-DEC-31 to 2025-JAN-02/ 1,5 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR + OH (var. A) / Ivan, Jakub, Daniel'''
A gravel section, mostly flat, that felt more like a connecting stretch leading to Curarrehue.
In Reigolil, we resupplied in the evening and walked a few kilometers past the village, where we camped by the river. We spent a peaceful evening by the fire with bottles of wine, marking the last night of 2024. The next morning, we took our time and then started tackling relatively monotonous gravel sections.
At the Maite Centro crossroads X {15} [24.1/544], we deviated from the RR route and chose variant {15-A}. Shortly after, we came across a brand-new and well-stocked shop that wasn’t listed in the track files (coordinates: -39.29747, -71.43439).
At the crossroads X {15} [41.5/719], we rejoined the RR route and followed the well-trodden MR path all the way to Curarrehue. This is a great place to resupply, and we even managed to find a gas cartridge at the hardware store located at the end of town (-39.3547505, -71.5930750).
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''December 17–26 2024 / 10 days/ Packrafting / SOBO / New option combining Huella Andina and nearby lakes from Icalma/Villa Pehuenia to Paso Mamuil Mamal (road from Pucón to Argentina) GPT14 RP?, GPT15-RP???'''</span>
See our full report on wikiexplora page for GPT 14 for Argentinian packrafting version of GPT15.
* '''19Dec2024 - 20dec2024 / hiking / OH1 (after GPT14 SOBO) / 2 days / Clara'''
Nice way to go out of section 14. Sleep at hospedaje Verónica on OH1a
Road for few km, hitchhike a part but not much cars. Then trail (to go on, need to enter a private property. There is a gate that is not close few meter after the tracks on map). Go back directly on tracks neither it's rapidly BB. Trail throught a dense forest but very well maintained.
Lake isolda : impossible to camp here cause very dense vegetation and marsh around the lake. Few km further there are 2 glades where it's possible to camp with river flowing around. After lake, path is a bit less maintened and overgrown but still really easy to follow. After few km of trail, you arrive on an old road where cars can't go anymore for sure, easy walking till termas de rio blanco. Some nice views on the valley and montains around but most of time forest hiking. Multiple gates easy to go throught. 2 nice saltos (indicated) before termas de rio blanco where would bu nice to swim if hot weather.
Camp eco termas (15k for night + enjoy termas really hot and nice).
Day 2 is mostly trail in forest. Some nice views when up and on the other side on the lake and the villarrica volcan. 2 waterfalls. Up the trail, lago toro (west side), lago verde and lago chico have nice place where you can eat/rest. Then lake tinquilco, many campings, cabañas, restaurant. Conaf there between 8.30-18.30 and theoretically need ticket to go to the national park. Also it's written that path to rio Blanco is closed so maybe it's wouldn't be possible to go in the other way. There were no one when I passed, end of afternoon so they didn't asked me where I came from.
From there, easy to hitchhike to Pucón.
* '''2024-dec-08 to 2024-dec-10 / 2.5 Days / Hiking / SOBO / RR / Karin'''
Camp: km14 improvised (read text)/ km30.6
From the village Reigolil to Maite, there are not real possibilities to camp. I was lucky and disovered a improvised place about 3.3km after GPT15-03 Start on the left side of the road, in a little forest, just before the paserelle, at the woodworker. A small stream is there too. It was ok for one night, but not optimal. There is space just for a one person tent between the trees. As it was Saturday nobody was there.
The gravel road and the trail to the Laguna km30.6 is easy to follow. As the Laguna is quite flat at the border (high water level), the water was lukewarm and nice to take a bath.
The way down to Settlement km40.9 was sometimes overgrown, or blocked by fallen trees/brunches. From the moment the path gets on the wider "road" (about km39), I would suggest to continue on this "road" (which joins var A) and not to turn left, as this path is not maintained at all and will soon be impossible to walk.
Curarrehue is a bigger town in the mountain, so there is all kinds of shops for resupply and accomodation.
* '''2024 nov 14 / 1 day/ hiking/ Sobo/ RR/ Allie'''
I took the bus from reigolil (at the bridge by the river) to maio centro. From there i started the ascent to lago hualalafquen. Its very straightforward. From the lake to currarehue its easier to lose the trail and lthere are some large tree trunks to climb, but no real obstacles.
* '''2024 nov 5.-8.11.2024 / 4 days of hiking SOBO / Option PN Huerquehue / Daina and Arno'''
We did a combination of GPT 14 & 15 and took the option through the NP Huerquehue. Day 1 was GPT 14. Note: we didn't have the files.
* '''2023-Feb-20 to 2023-Feb-21 / 2 days / Hiking / SOBO / OH 1 PN Huerquehue / Natalie & Tomáš '''
Hitched from the end of GPT14 to the start of the trail to Laguna Isolda (option 01). The start is gated (easily passable) and says private property but we continued. Sign said to call bosquesnalcahue (45) 91 06 59. We anticipated a bushwack but the trail was in surprisingly good conditions and we managed to meet the women responsible for the upkeep later in the park, she guides horse tours through those trails and clears as much as she can.The trail however is "so so" and you cannot access the lake easily, if you need water there is running water here;-39.10352, -71.54720. The trail turns into a road sooner than it is shown on the map, it turns into a road here;-39.10477, -71.54474 (about 5 km in). The road to the hotsprings has lots of water sources but it is not very interesting and I personally wished I just hitched all the way to the hotsprings to spend more time there. However, there was an interesting deserted logging operation along the way (-39.12617, -71.55411), we learned from the horse guide that the company went bankrupt and just left everything there.
Camping at the hotsprings; Evo Eco Thermas Rio Blanco and San Sebastian, are 15mil/person. We chose to stay at Rio Blanco because of the pools and a better variety of camping spots. We camped above the booth where you pay and the man who we payed showed us a hidden super hot (adjustable with cold water hose) bath not too far from our camp spot. Tomáš was surprised there by a family at 10 PM so keep some makeshift swimsuits ready. Both campings sell some basic food items but not much.
There is a sign saying the trail to Huerquehue is closed "Indefinitely" and so is camping Renahue. Quite alarming but since the website said the park was open we continued with the mindset we would have to turn back. The trail was pretty good from the termas to camping renahue and it is here where we met the horse guides that were doing the trail maintenance near Laguna Isolda. The horse guides came up through the trail from lake Caburgua and they said it was an easy trail. This could be a good option if you wanted to avoid any trouble with CONAF and the section closure. However we were still curious about Huerquehue so we continued option01 option 01 thinking we would turn back if we saw another sign or anything saying the trail was closed, to our surprise there were no more signs. Between camping renahue Renahue to lake Huerquehue , there is a lot of blow down but after lake Huerquehue , the trail is pristine. We started seeing people after Lago Toro , so obviously the park was open. With the combination of having a late morning at the hot springs and all the indecisiveness about closures we ended up walking through the park at a great time ( 530-7pm). There were very few people and we really got to enjoy how beautiful it was there. CONAF website said they close at 530pm but there are no gates and attendants so no problems leaving the park later.
Unfortunately at the lake the camping El Rincon was closed and camping Olga was 18mil a night with a minimum of a two night stay so we managed to get a hitch to Pucón. If needed, you can illegally camp at the CONAF station as that is what others were doing or ask "Alicia" at the old El Rincon campsite if you can pay privately and take care of your washroom needs- supposedly they had to shut down due to washroom problems.
'''"Trail closure" on option 01PN Huerquehue. When leaving the Eco termas Rio Blanco hot springs there is a sign saying the "Huerquehue trail, camping renahue and the dome" are closed "indefinitely". The park itself is open but supposedly that section on the trail is closed. We continued bcs we were not sure which trail they were exactly talking about but we're were prepared to turn around if we saw something blocked off. The trail was fine except for a lot of blow down up until the lake Huerquehue. If you want to avoid this closure there is a trail in good shape coming from lake Caburgua to camping renahue. We met a horse guide coming from there and said it is fine.'''
==Season 2021/22==