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Travesía de la Desolación
Next nearby hike: Sendero Baños de la Diosa 3.4 mi · 5.5 kmExplore Principal Range →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–Apr · highs 15–27 °C (59–81 °F)
- J27°14°12
- F26°14°13
- M24°12°31
- A21°8°85
- M16°5°249
- J13°4°350
- J12°2°286
- A14°3°254
- S15°4°113
- O18°6°55
- N22°9°40
- D25°12°20
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.
About this trail
About 151 km (94 mi) long, Travesía de la Desolación is a regional hiking route in Maule, Chile. It is in the Principal Range. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Sep–Apr.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 151 km · 94 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Principal Range (Dry Andes › Southern Andes; GMBA)
- Best months
- Sep–Apr
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Maule
- Continent
- South America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- -35.4082, -70.6805
- Route start
- -34.9999, -70.8114
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 21014988
How it’s scored
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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