Yelcho River
One of the most scenic places in southern Chile is the area
around Lago Yelcho in central Patagonia. The gravel road was built after 1976
and is just now being widened and paved, a job that will last a few more years.
The area draws fly fishermen and other tourists during the season from November
to May. The single track gravel road has the grand name of Carretera Austral. Carretera means highway.
This substantial bridge over the Yelcho River was a
joint project of the Chilean and German governments.
Yelcho Lake. I joined a group of eight people
for a 3-hour hike up to the Yelcho Glacier. We were quite an international
group of French, British, Chileans and me. It was a beautiful and warm day. But it was a forest walk along the river and the sun was not in the right place for good photos.
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