Constitución Peak

Our tour starts in San Carlos de Bariloche, the main city of the lake district in patagonia. Since the early years the first settlers, most of them with european background, noted the importance of conserving  patagonian landscapes for the future. The whole area around the city was named National Park, one of the first ones in América. In addition many other areas where protected as National Parks or protected areas, creating a hugh corredor of wild areas for conservancy.

This expedition starts We driving along the famous route 40, the largest in the country in one of the most beautiful sections. Then we will turn into a gravel route that surrounds the Mascardi lake, getting further into the heart of patagonian andes. Pampa linda is a small settlement, with a hostería, camping and ranger house. There we will start our hike. The trail cross the Castaño Overa river and then starts going up through a dense valdivian forest. The campsite is place in a beautiful spot on the shore of the Ilon lagoon, into the lenga forest. The second stage we will hike through the high altitude forest, with a great overview of the valleys and mountains around. In the afternoon we will reach the “Paso de las Nubes” (The cloud´s passage) where was builded the Rocca mountain hut, an breathtaking viewpoint in front of glaciers of Tronador peak. Next morning we will hike up to reach the summit of Constitución peak. The way up goes over the timberland on a rocky landscape, so we will have an impressive scenic view all around us.

This peak is located right in front of  Tronador, the main peak of the area which is cover with big glaciers, so we will have a privilege viewpoint to see it. Last day it is mainly going down, we will follow the Frias river all the way to Frias lake. There we will take a boat to cross the lake and then a bus for 3 km (1,8 miles) to get the Nahuel Huapi lake. In Puerto Blest we will take a bigger boat to sail back to Bariloche traveling across the Blest arm of the Nahuel Huapi lake. This is the largest lake of the area, and this arm one of the wildest, surrounded by high mountains cover with pristine patagonian forest. The boat leave us in Puerto Pañuelo, 25 km away from Bariloche downtown. We will drive back to the hotel.