Nahuel Huapi: the final post

We dedicated a lot of posts to Nahuel Huapi, I know. But there was a lot to it. And at least for me, it was the highlight of my trip and one of the more difficult treks I've ever done.

After finishing day three, we arrived at Refugio Italia/Segre/Laguna Negra. All of the huts or refugios are pretty awesome. For 30 pesos we could sleep in the refugio and use all of their pots, pans etc. Some huts such as Refugio Italia had a little extra to offer - homebrewed beer.


Day four ended up being much more difficult than I thought. On day four, we made our way around Laguna Negra, up the scree that you can see in the background of the first photo and then up the ridge to the right. After traversing, we reached the top only to see what was in store for us: a steep descent, a valley and then a huge scree field straight up. In the photo below you can see our intended path - down and straight up the mountains on the other side.

After reaching the top of this seemingly impossible section we were rewarded with some amazing views.


An hour or two from the top we reached Refugio Lopez. We intended on cowboy camping that night, but the weather had other plans. Around midnight we found ourselves shoving our sleeping bags in our packs and running into the hut.

On day five, we had a quick and muddy descent to the road where we caught a bus back to Bariloche.