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Demanding hike with hard navigation: 4-8 days.
Noname unmapped track to the north from more known Paso de la Oveja we got recommended by locals.
Tent, food and strength is needed.
It's easy to follow the general direction, because it reflects how the valley around Arroyo Grande goes, but sometimes it was challenging to stay on the track. Ocassionally there are piles of rocks made by people to help you navigate. Yet sometimes the track disappeared and we had to search for where it goes. It slows down significantly. Typically, where the terrain looked impassable, we got of the track.
The most demanding were beaver dams, that flooded large areas and the terrain was hard to pass and navigate through.
We used satelite images (downloaded to offline) to correct and find an approximate course when we lost the track.
Side trips (included):
Laguna del Caminante (1 day)
Laguna Mariposa (2 days)
Rough path
64 km 2500 m up over 1070 m 2500 m down
Note this path is from not that accurate GPS track and points taken on the trail and filling blanks from ortophoto map. The real path can sometimes be tens of meters away. There are also multiple possible paths to choose from and the path often disappeared completely. I'm not even sure we took the best path possible. If you see a better path elsewhere, you are probably right.
The route with very sparse stone marks is hard to find.
At some parts, deep in the forest with many obstacles, passing 1 km can take as much as 1 h.