| Chile | |
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Capital: Santiago de Chile Population: 16,634'603 Mio. Area: 756,950 km² People: 95% mestizos, 5% Mapuche, Aymara + Rapanui Languages: Spanish |
| Argentina | |
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Capital: Buenos Aires Population: 43,024'374 Mio. Area: 2,780'400 km² People: 90% Europeans, 3% mestizos the rest Indigenous Languages: Spanish |
Route cycled:
Ollagüe - Calama - San Pedro de Atacama - Paso Sico -> Border to Argentina - San Antonio de los Cobres - Salta - Cafayate - Belén - Chilecito - Huaco - San Juan - Mendoza - Paso Bermelo -> Border to Chile - Santiago de Chile - Temuco - Pucon -> Border to Argentina - San Martin de los Andes - Bariloche -> Border to Chile - Peulla - Puerto Montt - Ancud - Quellon - Coyhaique - Puerto Tranquillo - Villa O Higgins - El Chaltén - El Calafate - Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas - Ushuaia / 4,572 km
2015 |
Stage / Destination |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.10. | Salar de Ascotan |
48 |
360 |
3658 |
4:26 |
 |
24/7 |
Invitation from a mining camp |
| 25.10. | 11 km before San Pedro | 62 |
353 |
3966 |
4:29 |
 |
30/7 |
Bad dirt road |
| 26.10. | Calama | 89 |
2450 |
3:40 |
 |
34 |
Strong headwind from 13:00 | |
| 27.-2. | SanPedrodeAtacama | 3240 |
 |
Transfer | ||||
| 3.11. | Socaire | 88 |
1096 |
3247 |
7:07 |
|
35/3 |
Asphalt |
| 4.11. | Pampa | 32 |
1277 |
4080 |
4:15 |
|
37/-5 |
55 km jeep trip to the lagoons |
| 5.11. | Border with Argentina | 37 |
517 |
3845 |
5:05 |
|
33/3 |
Corrugated track |
| 6.11. | before Olacapato | 63 |
513 |
3988 |
5:52 |
|
29/2 |
Tailwind |
| 7.11. | S.A.de los Cobres | 71 |
264 |
4531 |
6:43 |
|
33/5 |
Tailwind |
| 8.11. | Pampa | 86 |
541 |
4080 |
5:37 |
|
35/7 |
Massive headwind |
| 9.-12. | Salta | 82 |
204 |
2631 |
3:51 |
|
32/8 |
20 km gravel + headwind |
| 13.11. | Chicoana | 43 |
234 |
1267 |
2:24 |
 |
24/12 |
|
| 14.11. | Alemania | 71 |
635 |
1250 |
4:12 |
|
37/22 |
Abandoned railway station |
| 15.11. | Pampa | 58 |
997 |
1509 |
3:33 |
|
40/25 |
Camping with the goats |
| 16.11. | before Quilmes | 70 |
548 |
1707 |
4:11 |
|
43/27 |
Very hot |
| 17.11. | Santa Maria | 42 |
537 |
1998 |
3:10 |
|
42/25 |
Very hot, desert |
| 18.11. | Pampa | 64 |
585 |
2265 |
4:46 |
|
40/25 |
Very hot, sandstorm |
| 19.11. | Hualfin | 52 |
304 |
2305 |
3:45 |
|
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| 20.11. | Londres | 73 |
565 |
1857 |
4:03 |
|
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| 21.11 | San Blase | 114 |
576 |
1274 |
5:55 |
|
36/24 |
Not so dusty any more |
| 22.11. | 40 km before Chilecito | 76 |
565 |
1331 |
4:55 |
|
40/26 |
Very hot |
| 23.11. | Sanogasto | 73 |
742 |
1280 |
5:46 |
|
39/23 |
Not so dusty any more |
| 24.-25. | Villa Union | 87 |
1102 |
2040 |
5:47 |
 |
39/22 |
Pass Sierra de Sanogasto |
| 26.11. | before Huaco | 90 |
469 |
1287 |
4:55 |
|
36/24 |
First half very beautiful |
| 27.11. | San Jose | 86 |
651 |
1185 |
5:15 |
|
32/ |
Desert |
| 28.11. | before San Juan | 92 |
332 |
1044 |
4:52 |
|
33/ |
Desert |
| 29.11. | after San Juan | 71 |
394 |
1072 |
3:57 |
|
29/ |
Gradually greener |
| 30.11 | before Mendoza | 101 |
375 |
612 |
4:51 |
|
26/ |
Perfect conditions |
| 1.12. | Mendoza | 73 |
383 |
768 |
3:37 |
|
29/ |
Green city |
| 2.-4. | Mendoza | |
Rest day | |||||
| 5.-6. | Las Vegas | 74 |
1050 |
2100 |
5:40 |
|
23/8 |
Invitation to cabañas |
| 7.12. | Uspallata | 66 |
689 |
1845 |
4:12 |
|
37/10 |
|
| 8.12. | 15 km before Penitentes | 45 |
694 |
2420 |
3:22 |
|
32/8 |
Fierce headwind |
| 9.12. | Portillo, border with Chile | 46 |
997 |
3053 |
4:52 |
|
10/4 |
Driving snow at the top of the pass |
| 10.12. | Santiago | 70 |
148 |
2877 |
3:34 |
|
31/19 |
Transport from Los Andes |
| 11.-14. | Santiago | |
Sightseeing | |||||
| 15.12. | Temuco | |
Bus transfer | |||||
| 16.-17. | Temuco | |
||||||
| 18.12. | 30 m before Villarrica | 76 |
678 |
309 |
5:21 |
|
18/10 |
|
| 19.12. | Pucon | 56 |
634 |
4:47 |
|
30/8 |
20 km gravel track | |
| 20.12. | Pucon | |
Termas Geometricas | |||||
| 21.12. | 10 km after Curarrehue | 49 |
333 |
422 |
2:52 |
|
23/5 |
|
| 22.12. | Lagos Andinos | 24 |
806 |
1146 |
2:44 |
|
19/8 |
Gradient of 7-17% |
| 23.12. | Junin de los Andes | 74 |
489 |
1165 |
4:36 |
|
22/7 |
Crossing the border into Argentina |
| 24.12. | SanMartin delos Andes | 43 |
189 |
864 |
3:00 |
|
Strong headwind | |
| 25.-28. | SanMartin delos Andes | |
Holidays | |||||
| 29.12. | Pichi Traful Lago | 58 |
865 |
1153 |
4:21 |
|
28/5 |
Little wind |
| 30.12. | Villa Angostura | 50 |
748 |
1029 |
3:57 |
|
32/10 |
Extremely up and down |
| 31.12. | Dina Huapi | 68 |
573 |
936 |
4:32 |
|
35/10 |
|
| 1.2016 | Dina Huapi | |
New Year | |||||
| 02.01. | Camping Petunia | 30 |
205 |
807 |
2:40 |
|
30/8 |
Strong headwind |
| 03.-04. | Camping Petunia | |
Organising the Cruce Andino (three lakes crossing) | |||||
| 05.01. | Porto Peulla | 48 |
457 |
946 |
4:04 |
|
34/4 |
Extremely steep, gravel track |
| 06.01. | Ensenada | 16 |
97 |
181 |
0:45 |
|
33/6 |
2-hour boat trip |
| 07.01. | Llanquihue | 58 |
450 |
152 |
4:30 |
|
32/8 |
Camping Lago Llanquihue |
| 08.-10. | Llanquihue | |
29/8 |
Bike service, home office | ||||
| 11.01. | Puerto Montt | 32 |
232 |
157 |
2:22 |
|
23/11 |
|
| 12.01. | Ancud (Chiloé Island) | 95 |
572 |
111 |
6:03 |
|
23/10 |
Rain, sun, headwind |
| 14.01. | Castro | 85 |
834 |
165 |
5:14 |
|
22/10 |
Lots of horseflies about |
| 15.01. | Castro | |
19/11 |
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| 16.01. | Lago Natri | 46 |
751 |
150 |
4:45 |
|
19/11 |
Overcast |
| 17.01. | Quellon | 48 |
663 |
166 |
4:32 |
|
18/10 |
18:00 ferry to Chaitén |
| 18.01. | Lago Yelcho | 53 |
306 |
127 |
3:48 |
|
24/12 |
Lots of horseflies about |
| 19.01. | Santa Maria | 25 |
647 |
585 |
3:41 |
|
37/15 |
Lots of horseflies, very hot, very hard |
| 20.01. | 8 km before La Junta | 60 |
715 |
224 |
5:19 |
|
42/15 |
Hot and hard |
| 21.01. | Puyuhuapi | 55 |
748 |
190 |
4:58 |
|
39/15 |
Hot and hard |
| 22.01. | Cerro Puyuhuapi | 48 |
962 |
568 |
5:41 |
|
30/19 |
Very hard climb!!! |
| 23.01. | Lago los Torres | 48 |
683 |
357 |
4:16 |
|
31/8 |
Swimming in the lake |
| 24.01. | Rio Mañiguales | 77 |
785 |
400 |
5:02 |
|
18/10 |
Rain |
| 25.01. | Coyhaique | 67 |
756 |
428 |
4:59 |
|
26/10 |
Drizzle all day |
| 26.-27. | Coyhaique | |
Rest days | |||||
| 28.01. | Laguna Chiguai | 60 |
1244 |
1000 |
4:49 |
|
19/8 |
Highest climb |
| 29.01. | Camping los Nires | 49 |
556 |
1075 |
3:53 |
|
18/4 |
Carretera ripio |
| 30.01. | Rio Murta | 57 |
750 |
623 |
5:49 |
|
24/6 |
Difficult to ride |
| 31.01. | Puerto Tranquillo | 52 |
611 |
320 |
4:57 |
|
25/7 |
Along Lago General Carrera |
| 01.02. | Puerto Tranquillo | |
Trip to Laguna San Rafael | |||||
| 02.02. | Rio Bravo | 20 |
564 |
465 |
2:28 |
|
24/10 |
Transfer by 4x4 jeep, ferry |
| 03.02. | Refuge on the way | 47 |
954 |
449 |
5:14 |
|
11/5 |
Rain |
| 04.02. | Villa O Higgins | 52 |
619 |
318 |
5:36 |
|
23/8 |
Super exhausting |
| 05.02. | Villa O Higgins | |
Rest day | |||||
| 06.02. | Cancelario Mancilla | 9 |
120 |
340 |
0:44 |
|
24/8 |
Boat trip on Lago O'Higgins |
| 07.02. | Lago del Desierte | 21 |
706 |
666 |
4:26 |
|
24/10 |
Argentinian customs after 16 km |
| 08.02. | El Chaltén | 33 |
246 |
544 |
3:08 |
|
32/10 |
Bad road |
| 09.02. | El Chaltén | |
Rest day | |||||
| 10.02. | Lago Viedma | 111 |
478 |
412 |
5:24 |
|
35/12 |
20 kilometres of headwind |
| 11.02. | El Calafate | 109 |
860 |
382 |
6:45 |
|
34/12 |
35 kilometres of headwind |
| 12.02. | El Calafate | |
Trip to Perito Moreno | |||||
| 13.02. | Puerto Natales | |
Bus transfer / border with Chile | |||||
| 14.-17. | Puerto Natales | |
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| 18.02. | Estancia Rio Penitente | 114 |
723 |
229 |
6:16 |
|
17/5 |
|
| 19.02. | Parque Chabunco | 119 |
921 |
319 |
5:30 |
|
12/5 |
|
| 20.02 | Punta Arenas | 35 |
201 |
131 |
1:53 |
13/7 |
Getting tickets, checking in | |
| 20.-24. | Ship Stella Australis | 1085 |
Expedition to Cape Horn | |||||
| 24.02. | Ushuaia | |
Arrival at the end of the world | |||||
| 25.-28. | Ushuaia | |
Organising the onward journey | |||||
| Total Chile/Argentina | 4,572 | 43,428 | 364:53 | |||||
