Qué hay en Cordillera Paine, Chile, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Southern summer peak, Summer holidays en Chile

• Norma

  Every night must be booked ahead

  1 Ene – 31 DicReserva prontoCierres

  You cannot walk the W or the O and find a bed. Campsites and refuges are reserved in advance across three separate operators plus the park service, rangers check the bookings at the gate, and the good dates go the day they open. Fuente ↗

• Norma

  No fires anywhere in the park

  1 Ene – 31 DicCierres

  Open fires are banned outright after the fires of 2005 and 2011, and stoves may only be used in the marked cooking shelters at each camp. Rangers enforce it and a careless stove has closed sectors before. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Flamingos on the lagoons (1 Oct – 31 Mar (normalmente)), O Circuit opens (1 Nov – 31 Mar), Patagonian wind season (1 Nov – 28 Feb), Guanaco birthing (15 Nov – 10 Ene (normalmente)), Southern summer peak (20 Dic – 28 Feb)

Máxima afluencia — Southern summer peak, Summer holidays en Chile

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Ene – 31 Dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Flamingos on the lagoons (1 Oct – 31 Mar (normalmente)), O Circuit opens (1 Nov – 31 Mar), Patagonian wind season (1 Nov – 28 Feb), Southern summer peak (20 Dic – 28 Feb)

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Chile, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Lenga turning

  20 Mar – 10 May · normalmenteColores de otoño

  The southern beech goes red and orange across the lower valleys from late March, the wind drops off, and the park empties. Shorter days and colder nights are the trade, and the back of the circuit is already shut.

Sigue en marcha: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Ene – 31 Dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Flamingos on the lagoons (1 Oct – 31 Mar (normalmente)), O Circuit opens (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Cierre

  Back circuit and refuges shut

  1 Abr – 31 Oct

  The park stays open but the far side of the massif does not: the John Gardner pass and most refuges close for winter, and some day routes require a guide. It becomes a park you drive and day-walk rather than trek. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Puma tracking season

  15 Abr – 30 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de fauna

  The cold months are when trackers find them: fewer visitors, snow that holds a print, and long low light at both ends of the day. Late April to May and September are the compromise, with the wildlife without the deep cold.

Sigue en marcha: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Ene – 31 Dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Lenga turning (20 Mar – 10 May (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Ene – 31 Dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Lenga turning (20 Mar – 10 May (normalmente)), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 Abr – 31 Oct), Puma tracking season (15 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Winter holidays en Chile

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Ene – 31 Dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 Abr – 31 Oct), Puma tracking season (15 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Winter holidays en Chile, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Ene – 31 Dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 Abr – 31 Oct), Puma tracking season (15 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Ene – 31 Dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 Abr – 31 Oct), Puma tracking season (15 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Fiestas Patrias recess en Chile

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Ene – 31 Dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 Abr – 31 Oct), Puma tracking season (15 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Naturaleza

  Flamingos on the lagoons

  1 Oct – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de aves

  Chilean flamingos work Laguna Amarga and the shallow lakes by the eastern gate through the southern summer, with condors on the thermals above the same road.

Sigue en marcha: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Ene – 31 Dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 Abr – 31 Oct)

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Apertura

  O Circuit opens

  1 Nov – 31 MarTemporada de senderosReserva pronto

  The park service opens the back half of the massif around the start of November and shuts it again at the end of March, and it is walked counterclockwise only. The exact opening date depends on snow on the pass. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Patagonian wind season

  1 Nov – 28 Feb

  The same months that give you the long days give you the wind, and gusts over a hundred kilometres an hour on the exposed passes are routine rather than remarkable. It knocks people over on the Grey and Nordenskjold shores. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Guanaco birthing

  15 Nov – 10 Ene · normalmenteTemporada de fauna

  Chulengos drop in the open country on the eastern side from late November, which is also why the pumas are working that ground in daylight. The herds are visible from the road, no hike needed.

Sigue en marcha: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Ene – 31 Dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Flamingos on the lagoons (1 Oct – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Southern summer peak, Summer holidays en Chile

• Temporada

  Southern summer peak

  20 Dic – 28 FebVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  Chileans and Argentines take their holidays now and the trails carry their heaviest traffic of the year. Puerto Natales runs out of beds, and the base of the towers at sunrise has a queue on the last scramble.

Sigue en marcha: Every night must be booked ahead (1 Ene – 31 Dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Flamingos on the lagoons (1 Oct – 31 Mar (normalmente)), O Circuit opens (1 Nov – 31 Mar), Patagonian wind season (1 Nov – 28 Feb), Guanaco birthing (15 Nov – 10 Ene (normalmente))