Patagonia 2015

Valle Exploradores - Patagonia, Chile

Ruta X-728, Valle Exploradores, see PiP for detail, unfortunately I couldn't find the name of the mountain.....

The "New Cemetery" in the Valle Rio Tranquilo / Valle Exploradores

Lago General Carrera

Lago General Carrera - better view in large

Out of sequenze - but it's boring sometimes to post only in chronology of the trip. Lago General Carrera on the Chilean side or Lake Buenos Aires on the Argentine side is a lake in Patagonia, shared by Argentina and Chile. The lake has a surface of 1850 km² of which 970 km² are in the Chilean and 880 km² in the Argentine area, making it the biggest lake in Chile, and the fourth largest in Argentina. In its western basin the lake has 586 m maximum depth. The lake is of glacial origin and is surrounded by the Andes mountain range. It drains to the Pacific Ocean on the west through the Baker River. For me it's one of the most colorful lakes, at least in Patagonia.

Carretera Austral between Rio Tranquilo and Cochrane

Lago General Carrera

quite often at the Carretera Austral

north of Cochrane

Carretera Austral north of Cochrane, Rio Baker valley to the right

Rio Nef entering Rio Baker - Chile, Patagonia

space for the river!

View to Cerro Trunco (I suppose) on the way south to Villa o'Higgins - better view in large

sometimes the dust along the dirt roads leads to nice opportunities in Patagonia.......