Crossing the Andes on bike

Portuguese

By Daniel Brooke Peig (updated on 15/03/2012)

General overview of the track

Part I track - Paso Vergara

Part II track - Plan A: Paso Carirriñe (Red), Plan B: Paso Hua Hum (Red + Purple), Plan C: Paso Tromen (Red + Yellow), Plan D (as done): Paso Hua Hum by Panguipulli (Green)

Part II - Continuation

During my the vacations of january/2012 me and a fried did this beautiful 835 km Mountain Bike tour passing by the higher mountains and volcanos of South America.

The trip was divided in two parts, the first one consisted of the route between Malargüe (Argentina) and Curicó (Chile) by the Paso Vergara. The second part of the trip had many route alternatives, we planned three options for the paths, the plan A, B and C. During the trip we decided to follow another track later called "Plan D".

This article was written to give details about the crossing and supply any potential adventurers with usefull resources including maps, statistics and equipment advice. Please notice that only the part I and the part II plan D were executed by the author although I belive the others are perfectly viable.

Photos

• Photo Gallery username: andes2012 ; password: andes2012

Tracks and Statistics

Preliminary schedule

• Preliminay plan

Final report

Altimetric profile - Part I - Paso Vergara

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Altimetric profile - Part II - Paso Hua Hum

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Ruta 145 - Up to the end of Argentina

Wild Campsite

Way to the paso Vergara

Las Tapaderas

La Estrechura

Way to the Termas del Azufre

Permanent icecaps

Termas del Azufre

Conquest of the Paso Vergara

Paso Vergara: border of countries and water drainage division spot

Going down to Chile

Pacific Ocean

Villa Rica Volcano

Huilo Huilo waterfall

Conquest of the Paso Hua Hum

Lanin Park - On the way to San Martin de Los Andes

Lacar lake

Falkner lake

Traful lake

River from the Espejo Chico lake. The trees are covered by the ashes from the Puyehue Volcano.

Road to Bariloche

Cartographic distances

All distances presented here are measured between the center of the cities. The distances from the Part II plan A, B and C were measured on maps and do not include the vertical variations. The distances from the Part I and Part II - D were measured by GPS and are very accurate.

• Part I (as done)- Malargue to Curicó at Paso Vergara: 306km
• Part II - Plan A - Valdivia to Bariloche by the Paso Carirriñe: 463km
• Part II - Plan B - Valdivia to Bariloche by the Paso Hua Hum por Riñihue: 402km
• Part II - Plan C - Valdivia to Bariloche by the Paso Tromen: 645km
• Part II - Plano D (as done) - Valdivia à Bariloche by the Paso Hua Hum and Panguipulli: 505km

Detailed altimetric and distance reports

• Parte I - Paso Vergara (PDF, 787KB)
• Parte II - Paso Hua Hum (PDF, 898KB)

Download of maps and spreadsheets

• Tracks and waypoints for Google Earth (KMZ, 244KB).
• Paso Vergara - Tracks and waypoints for GPS (ZIP, 1,1MB) (updated with real data form the trip)
• Paso Hua Hum - Tracks and waypoints for GPS (ZIP, 1,2MB) (updated with real data from the trip)