Cerro Castillo (28.11.2017)  6

Skrevet av Skippy (Innika De Rosa)

Turtype Fjelltur
Turlengde 3t 43min
Distanse 13,6km
Høydemeter 1073m
Kart
Bestigninger Cerro Castillo (2675moh) 28.11.2017

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.

When things started to get dusty
When things started to get dusty

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.

Goal in sight, just a few snow patches left
Goal in sight, just a few snow patches left
Paal Andre ready to eat some lunch
Paal Andre ready to eat some lunch

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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