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==Season 2025/26==
22 FEB-2026 to 1 MAR-2026 / 8 days / hiking / NOBO / Option from Lonquimay with connecting to RR GPT 12 and 11 / Ben, Stephanie
Micro for Troyo leaves Lonquimay at 4 pm from the bus terminal (or 5 am from a different location near the terminal—ask in the terminal). Get off at the crossroad for Balsa Rahue. Good camping at the Bio Bio crossing (and fun swim). Ferry seems to run every week day morning for sure. Saturday maybe. You may have to shout for the ferry operador who lives on the other side of the river.
Clear double track and eventually single track on the east side of Rio Rahue to eventually join the RR. Occasionally lost the trail because the horse trails are going to different puestos so use GPS.
A few addtl notes:
Great waterside campsite at Laguna Marananqi on the shore a bit south of the wetlands. Banos Coyucos pleasantly warm. Fumeroles below Cerro Dedos fantastic. We opted out of the ridge route due to weather concerns. We dropped down to connect with GPT 11 coming up from Ranquil.
About piñones: There were tons. We learned in Lonquimay that if you crack open the raw ones using your back teeth, you can easily remove the shell. We then cut the raw de-shelled piñones into a few pieces and put them in with rice and noodles. They cooked up nicely and took no more gas than the rice or noodles.
'''GPT12 / 2026 March 10 to 14 / 4.5 days / Hiking / SOBO / RR, 3D, 04reverse, RR / Oriol Girona'''