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Best time to hike

Best months: Oct–Mar · highs 10–18 °C (50–64 °F)

  1. J17°8°97
  2. F18°8°81
  3. M15°7°138
  4. A12°5°241
  5. M9°3°411
  6. J7°2°485
  7. J6°1°392
  8. A7°1°345
  9. S8°1°221
  10. O10°3°189
  11. N12°4°135
  12. D15°6°106

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

Trail facts

Difficulty
Easy (2/10) (hiking (T1) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL))
Length (signed)
2.1 km · 1.3 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
2.4 km · 1.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain range
Valdivian Coast Range (Coast Range › Coast Range; GMBA)
Nearest town
32 km W of La Unión (Provincia del Ranco, Los Ríos Region) · GeoNames
Best months
Oct–Mar
Country
Chile
Region
Los Ríos
Continent
South America
Route type
Local route
Operator (OSM)
CONAF
From / to
Oficina Conaf → Alerce Abuelo
SAC scale (OSM)
hiking
Route centre
-40.1963, -73.4427
Route start
-40.1942, -73.4346
OpenStreetMap
relation 9852065
How it’s scored

Easy (2/10). Official rating: hiking (T1) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL).

A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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distance from the trail start

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