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Day trips
Looking to Cerro San Ramón from our balcony
Farellones ski field
Looking over Parque Araucano from our balcony
El Morado
Total Distance: 8.47km
Duration: —
1536487380 1536501480Elevation: 1782.78m – 2241.54m
Total ascent: 591.43m
Total descent: 499.68m
Beginning of a hike in El Morado Natural Monument
Looking over the town of Baños Morales
"Snow shoeing"
The main peak is El Morado – much of the middle of the snow area is acutally San Francisco glacier.
Fiestas Patrias, the Chilean National Holidays are underway. This is our first "Fonda", roughly equivalent to an old-fashioned version of the Ekka.
The horse (cavallo) show was a particular feature.
various synchronised stunts…
including standing on horses…
and flipping backwards off them.
and the women (Amazons) too.
the crowd getting pretty big.
more horses, different variety… didn't stay for these ones.
from our rooftop after the fonda… far right in the park is another fonda.
Manquehuito
Total Distance: 10.38km
Duration: —
1537353780 1537368180Elevation: 698.79m – 1312.84m
Total ascent: 358.55m
Total descent: 724.64m
Heading off for a hike up Cerro Manquehito (smaller) and Cerro Manquehue (bigger and in this photo)
After a detour due to the main track being closed, started to get above the "fog".
Spectacular view of some very serious mountains. Most of these high peaks have glaciers on/around them. This is Cerro El Plomo. The highest mountain visible from Santiago – 5424m.
From the top of Cerro Manquehito. Only about 650m above Santiago.
Looking up at Cerro Manquehue. Another 350m-400m up (not that this photo looks like it.
Unfortunately the quantity of exceptionally sticky mud meant that we didn't try Manquehue…
On the same day as our hike, it was the "Day of the Glories of the Chilean Army", lots of fly overs from different planes. There was also a big military parade in town.
One of the most spectacular sunsets so far.
Manquehue
Total Distance: 14.32km
Duration: —
1538908920 1538933100Elevation: 614.27m – 1639.98m
Total ascent: 881.29m
Total descent: 1145.90m
The Chilean version of a hike – about a 30% incline. Why bother walking further when you can just go straight up?
We think this is a condor.
On top of Cerro Manquehue, only about 5km from our apartment but about 1km above it.
A soupy Santiago
Crazy flower
Looking back at Cerro Manquehue. The down was much steeper than the up – about 40%.
At Pomaire, a pottery town about an hour from our place.
Pigs are popular it seems.
Ridiculously cheap – the spoons on the left are $1.20 each.
Five bowls on a plate with spoons – $9!
Mostly all very dark unglazed clay, but there was a bit of colour.
Probably for cooking more than a kiln.
For making very large pots. The timber profile gives the shape to the side of the pot.
Main street of Pomaire.
On the coast at El Tabo.
Yerba Loca
Total Distance: 12.34km
Duration: —
1539517980 1539538800Elevation: 1895.42m – 2634.94m
Total ascent: 742.05m
Total descent: 806.51m
starting out on our hike at Yerba Loca after a very windy road and very rough dirt road.
"some hills"
some Condors. They have closed off an area where they hang out. Three in this photo – on the ground, on the rock and then a brown one (female?) also on the rock.
and then they took flight…
and came really close
was pretty cool.
that trail in the middle is where we came from – with actual switchbacks!
and up at "Refugio Alemán".
Two of the three main ski resort towns in view… not much skiing to be had.
A Coruro… a bit like a black gopher.
Looking back towards Santiago (about 1/4 of the way from the left of the photo in the murk)
A degu, a native rodent.
Black-chested buzzard eagle… wanting to eat the Degu.
Glacial stream
A Culpeo – a native fox, just hanging out beside the road.
Alto del Naranjo
Total Distance: 13.25km
Duration: —
1540031280 1540056240Elevation: 968.02m – 1868.41m
Total ascent: 955.68m
Total descent: 936.92m
Off on a hike quite close to our apartment. The two peaks in this picutre are two of the previous hikes – Manquehue (the tall one) and Manquehuito (the smaller one to the left).
This is the normal terrain in the hills around Santiago in warm weather – pretty barren and open. Summer hikes are going to be hot!
The cactii make it a bit interesting though. Still a really nice hike. On this day, a heap of people were finishing a 160km trail run… crazy!
Yerba Loca
Total Distance: 10.75km
Duration: —
1541851260 1541869500Elevation: 1909.29m – 2481.53m
Total ascent: 642.26m
Total descent: 643.43m
Aguas de San Ramon
Total Distance: 15.62km
Duration: —
1544353020 1544369640Elevation: 683.73m – 1095.09m
Total ascent: 514.76m
Total descent: 657.98m
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