It is a very interesting the quantity of lagoons, valleys, ridges and creeks that we are going to cruise. This trek brings you a very deep exploration about the area. If the weather is good you will enjoy a lot the hike, the camp fires, our good meals and maybe if you want you can swim a little bit in a high Andes lagoon!!! !

Season: October to May
Duration: seven days
Level: easy to intermidate

Day 1:
We begin in Colonia Suiza, a little farmer village founded by people from Switzerland who came at the beginning of the XIX century. Climb up to Lag. Negra hut, will take us around 5 hs. The forest is mainly coihues and cypress, in the lowest part. After 2 or 3 hs walking starts a climb up on a trail that takes us to the foot of cerro Negro and laguna Negra, where is the Manfredo Segre lodge (1.650m). We will spend the night there facing the Cerro Negro (2200m), beside the Laguna Negra (it has a very deep blue color)

Day 2:
We start early in the morning, after a good breakfast. Climb up to the saddle and nice walk down to the Valley of LLuvu. Once we get to the Lluvú creek we will start to climb up the opposite face. Once we reach this altitude we arrive to lagoon CAB. You will enjoy a very good meal in your cosy tent. The view is fantastic: CAB lagoon, Brazo Tristeza, Tronador, Osorno, Lanin and also the green vegetation of "lengas..

Day 3:
This day we will hike from CAB lagoon through different valleys, high meadow , ridges. This day we will see many high lagoons. This place has a beautiful laguna Azul, where enormous walls of granite finish in the water of this little lake. Night in a tent.

Day 4:
We are going to climb up to the col between cerro Punta Negra and cerro El Capitan, this is a typical rocky trail. In the middle of this hike will appear the laguna Jujuy, Once we get to this col we will get focused on cerro Tronador and its amazing landscape, below us will be the "magic" laguna Ilon, I said "magic", because this lagoon looks like a "pseudo tropical lagoon" in the middle of the Patagonian Andes. An excellent place to enjoy the view to the glaciers of Cerro Tronador.

Day 5:
Descent from laguna Ilon to Pampa Linda. After 4 hours we arrive to a little Village called Pampa Linda, where is a Rangers station, Hotel and campings. In this place starts the trail to hike up the Cerro Tronador, refugio Otto Meiling. Night in Hosteria.

Day 6:
This morning we start our day at the foot of Mt Tronador , which is the higher mountain in the area (3554mts). We will hike from Pampa Linda to Glacier Frias Valley (5hs) through the Alerce Valley .This hike goes through the Valdivian Forest (Rain Forest) and through some meadows, at our left we will see the hanging glaciers from Mt Tronador. Hike up to Paso de las Nubes (Clouds pass 1600mts aprox) and then descent to the Frias Valley where we will camp beside the river and below the impressive Frias glacier.

Day 7: Easy and short day. Hike beside the Frias Creek for 3 hours getting to the Frias Lake. This river and lake have a milky and dusty colour coming from the sediments that the glacier produces when is sliding forward and breaking grains of ground, stones, etc Camp close to the Frias Lake. Wait for the boat cruising through the Frias Lake getting to Pto Blest to take a new boat back to Bariloche. Drive to the Hotel.

Rates:min. 2 persons includes: Reception at the airport, transportation to Pampa Linda (80 km from Bariloche), tents all the meals, stoves, etc one night in Hosteria Pampa Linda, 2 Boat Cruising ( Frias Lake - Cruise across Nahuel Huapi Lake), bilingual Guide 2 Helpers /porters .
Not included: Domestic & international air tickets, Hotel services before and after the trek, meals out of the trek.

Equipment list, gear (not included but necessary for you to bring along): trekking boots, 3 pairs of socks, trekking pants, or capilene pants, overpant, waterproof, short pant, capilene shirt, 2 t-shirts, anorak-cover, shelter cover, gloves, hat, sunglasses, sunblock protection lotion, Passport, Backpack, sleeping bag (-10ºC) (This not the average temperature, but is a good sleeping bag for this area).

Extra/ optional: Porter /Serpa US$ 40 per day. Carries weight. Could be for one or more days.

In this trip we will enjoy part of the route of Discovery Channel-Eco Challenge , Dic` 99 The interesting thing about this trip is will hike across glaciers with ropes on one of the highest mountains in the Northern Patagonian Andes, Mt. Tronador, starting from its south face getting to the northern glaciers of the mountain, visiting a typical mountain hut, then we will descend and hike into a very dense jungle arriving to the Frias Lake, with glacial sediments. From there we´ll cross the lake getting to Pto Blest where another boat will wait for us to travel on one of the big branches of the Nahuel Huapi lake, arriving finally to PTO Pañuelo harbor which is just 25 km from Bariloche´s downtown.

Season: October to May
Duration: 5 days
Level: easy to intermidate

Day 1:
We will pick you up at the airport in Bariloche, then we drive from Bariloche to Pampa Linda (80 km) where we will spend the night in the Hosteria at the foot of Mt Tronador. Getting ready for the adventure.


Day 2:
This day we will have 4/ 5 hs horseback riding. The horses are going to leave us in Mallin Chileno near the frontier with Chile, then the ascent to ref. Tronador (Viejo´s hut) is going to take another 3 hs. We will enjoy the South Face of Mte Tronador (3554mts) with their impressive glaciers and the Chilean Mountains. We cross the border to Chile (Important: Bring your passport !!!)

The Ref. Tronador, almost in glacier terrain. This day we will use the installations of the hut or even sleep in our Marmot tents. We will arrive around the 2000mts, where starts the glacier terrain. .

Day 3:
After breakfast, we will wear all the glaciar gear (crampons, harness, rope). We cross the Manso Glacier, enjoying the view of Pico Internacional and Pico Argentino, of Mte. Tronador (3354m) Is a very easy trek across glacier terrain. Very beautiful and enjoyable trek!. You will enjoy craverses, seracs and a nice overview of the area. After 4 hs approx. we will arrive to Otto Meiling, Mountain Lodge where we will enjoy the typical Patagonian meals in the heights of the mountains..

Day 4:
This day we will go across the Alerce Glacier to Paso de las Nubes (1700mts), heading Northeast, where we will see the Frias Valley and its glacier with the same name. All this glaciers belongs to Mte Tronador (Manso, Alerce and Frias). This day we will finish the glacier terrain and we will arrive to the beginning of Frias River. We will put up our tents at the base of Mte Tronador where we are going to spend the night at 1000 mts. Into a very deep forest. This area is called Selva Valdiviana, because is a leafy zone.

Day 5:
This will be a short trek day, hiking through the Frias Valley until the river finish into the lake with the same name. This aerea looks like walking through a "jungle", the vegetation is very leafy and looks like a pseudo tropical aerea. The Frias River looks dirty, this dirt come from the sediments that the glacier produces when is moving forward. This kind of water is called glacier milk. Finallly the lake have an impressive turquoise color.
Boat cruising of Lago Frias, bus (3km) to Pto Blest and ferry cruise from Pto Blest to Pto Pañuelo, across the Nahuel Huapi Lake, finishing right in front of Llao- Llao Hotel

Rates:min. 2 persons includes: transportation to Pampa Linda (80 km from Bariloche), tents all the meals, stoves, rope and glacial gear, 2 Boat Cruising ( Frias Lake - Cruise across Nahuel Huapi Lake), bilingual Guide, Horseback ride to Mallin Chileno (first day).
Not included: Domestic & international air tickets, Hotel services before and after the trek, meals out of the trek.

Equipment list, gear (not included but necessary for you to bring along): trekking boots for crampons or plastic boots for mountaineering (like Koflach, Scarpa, Trezzeta), 3 pairs of socks, trekking pants, or capilene pants, overpant, waterproof, short pant, capilene shirt, 2 t-shirts, anorak-cover, shelter cover, gloves, hat, sunglasses, sunblock protection lotion, Passport, Backpack, sleeping bag (-10ºC) (This not the average temperature, but is a good sleeping bag for this area).

Extra/ optional: Porter /Serpa US$ 40 per day. Carries weight. Could be for one or more days.

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