Cerro Castillo (28.11.2017)
| Characteristic | Hillwalk |
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| Duration | 3h 43min |
| Distance | 13.6km |
| Vertical meters | 1,073m |
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| Ascents | Cerro Castillo (2,675m) | 28.11.2017 |
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My favourite hike in Patagonia!
We began our hike after driving to the town of Cerro Castillo in Patagonia. We drove north out of town, took a turn to the left and followed a bridge over a river until we came to a parking place. We had to pay 10,000pesos each (ca. 150kr) to walk for 45 minutes across a private property. The trail was clearly marked, and the whole day we saw only 4 other people.
The trail was quite sandy, but very easy to walk on with no stones. After about an hour we had climbed a decent amount of elevation and came to some snow patches. We walked up over these and had climbed 1000m in elevation after just under 2 hours, where we were greeted with an amazing view of Cerro Castillo and a lake that was still half frozen. Paal walked around the edge of the lake to a the edge of the glacier to take photos, while I stayed put and helped some spanish girls with a blister.
An amazing hike, one of the best on our South America trip and definitely recommended. We used around 3.5 hours total, the recommended time that we read everywhere is 8 hours but you definitely don't need that long.
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