The Refugio is CLOSED from April 14, 2013 until further notice.
Getting to Laguna Negra.
The path starts with a constant and not very steep road, which is considerably wide since the road was used by carts. Much further on, it is going to get narrow until you just have a hill path. This path is marked by red spray paint and different arrows. These marks can be found painted on rocks and tree trunks at the level of your eyes.
The road is all along Goye Brook(Arroyo Goye), from where we can drink water.
We continue walking up and entering the valley, crossing many“mallines” or full-of-mud areas, some of them small or big. The smallest ones can be easily crossed by jumping; the biggest ones have a small bridge which will help us cross them.
Then we get to the camping area known as Rancho Manolo (after Manolo Puentes who built a hut used to keep the materials that were transported for the Shelter). This place is easily recognized; besides it has official banners of theNahuel Huapi National Park.
It is here where the steep path begins. We have to cross two brooks, the first the one called Navidad (Christmas), and then the Negro (Black) or Goye. As from here the so-called CARACOL(SNAIL) begins. The path starts going up in an S shape or zig-zag, making it easier to reach the Shelter.
Some people say the SNAIL has seventeen turns, although it is not clear yet since everybody has his own version of the story.
What is real is what you will eventually see at the end of the SNAIL: the Laguna Negra (Black Pond), and the Hills called Negro -Black- (the highest one), Gordo -Chubby-, Bailey Willis, Manolo and Marino… and of course the Shelter!
The road is all along Goye Brook(Arroyo Goye), from where we can drink water.
We continue walking up and entering the valley, crossing many“mallines” or full-of-mud areas, some of them small or big. The smallest ones can be easily crossed by jumping; the biggest ones have a small bridge which will help us cross them.
Then we get to the camping area known as Rancho Manolo (after Manolo Puentes who built a hut used to keep the materials that were transported for the Shelter). This place is easily recognized; besides it has official banners of theNahuel Huapi National Park.
It is here where the steep path begins. We have to cross two brooks, the first the one called Navidad (Christmas), and then the Negro (Black) or Goye. As from here the so-called CARACOL(SNAIL) begins. The path starts going up in an S shape or zig-zag, making it easier to reach the Shelter.
Some people say the SNAIL has seventeen turns, although it is not clear yet since everybody has his own version of the story.
What is real is what you will eventually see at the end of the SNAIL: the Laguna Negra (Black Pond), and the Hills called Negro -Black- (the highest one), Gordo -Chubby-, Bailey Willis, Manolo and Marino… and of course the Shelter!
10 / 11 BUS SCHEDULE (BCHE - COLONIA SUIZA - BCHE)
Buses leave Bariloche to Colonia Suiza:
5:55a, 8:10a, 11:10a, 1:30p, 3:40p*, 4:55p, 7:20p, 9:40p
Buses leave Colonia Suiza to Bariloche:
7:00a, 9:05a, 12:00n, 2:40p, 4:30p*, 5:45p, 8:10p, 10:20p
(*) only during school period.
Buses leave Bariloche to Colonia Suiza:
5:55a, 8:10a, 11:10a, 1:30p, 3:40p*, 4:55p, 7:20p, 9:40p
Buses leave Colonia Suiza to Bariloche:
7:00a, 9:05a, 12:00n, 2:40p, 4:30p*, 5:45p, 8:10p, 10:20p
(*) only during school period.
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Foto del Refugio junto a la Laguna Negra: Matias Alejandro Gyukits
