Cosa c'è in programma a Cordigliera del Paine (Cile) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — Southern summer peak, Summer holidays in Cile

• Regola

  Every night must be booked ahead

  1 gen – 31 dicPrenota prestoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Regola

  No fires anywhere in the park

  1 gen – 31 dicChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Flamingos on the lagoons (1 ott – 31 mar (di solito)), O Circuit opens (1 nov – 31 mar), Patagonian wind season (1 nov – 28 feb), Guanaco birthing (15 nov – 10 gen (di solito)), Southern summer peak (20 dic – 28 feb)

Folla al massimo — Southern summer peak, Summer holidays in Cile

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Every night must be booked ahead (1 gen – 31 dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 gen – 31 dic), Flamingos on the lagoons (1 ott – 31 mar (di solito)), O Circuit opens (1 nov – 31 mar), Patagonian wind season (1 nov – 28 feb), Southern summer peak (20 dic – 28 feb)

Affollato — Summer holidays in Cile, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Natura

  Lenga turning

  20 mar – 10 mag · di solitoFoliage autunnale

  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.

Ancora in corso: Every night must be booked ahead (1 gen – 31 dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 gen – 31 dic), Flamingos on the lagoons (1 ott – 31 mar (di solito)), O Circuit opens (1 nov – 31 mar)

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Chiusura

  Back circuit and refuges shut

  1 apr – 31 ott

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Puma tracking season

  15 apr – 30 set · di solitoStagione della 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.

Ancora in corso: Every night must be booked ahead (1 gen – 31 dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 gen – 31 dic), Lenga turning (20 mar – 10 mag (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Every night must be booked ahead (1 gen – 31 dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 gen – 31 dic), Lenga turning (20 mar – 10 mag (di solito)), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 apr – 31 ott), Puma tracking season (15 apr – 30 set (di solito))

Affollato — Winter holidays in Cile

In giugno non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Every night must be booked ahead (1 gen – 31 dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 gen – 31 dic), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 apr – 31 ott), Puma tracking season (15 apr – 30 set (di solito))

Affollato — Winter holidays in Cile, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Every night must be booked ahead (1 gen – 31 dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 gen – 31 dic), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 apr – 31 ott), Puma tracking season (15 apr – 30 set (di solito))

Tranquillo — uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Every night must be booked ahead (1 gen – 31 dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 gen – 31 dic), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 apr – 31 ott), Puma tracking season (15 apr – 30 set (di solito))

Affollato — Fiestas Patrias recess in Cile

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Every night must be booked ahead (1 gen – 31 dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 gen – 31 dic), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 apr – 31 ott), Puma tracking season (15 apr – 30 set (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Natura

  Flamingos on the lagoons

  1 ott – 31 mar · di solitoStagione degli uccelli

  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.

Ancora in corso: Every night must be booked ahead (1 gen – 31 dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 gen – 31 dic), Back circuit and refuges shut (1 apr – 31 ott)

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Apertura

  O Circuit opens

  1 nov – 31 marStagione dei sentieriPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

• Rischio

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Guanaco birthing

  15 nov – 10 gen · di solitoStagione della 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.

Ancora in corso: Every night must be booked ahead (1 gen – 31 dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 gen – 31 dic), Flamingos on the lagoons (1 ott – 31 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Southern summer peak, Summer holidays in Cile

• Stagione

  Southern summer peak

  20 dic – 28 febVacanze scolasticheAffollatoPrenota presto

  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.

Ancora in corso: Every night must be booked ahead (1 gen – 31 dic), No fires anywhere in the park (1 gen – 31 dic), Flamingos on the lagoons (1 ott – 31 mar (di solito)), O Circuit opens (1 nov – 31 mar), Patagonian wind season (1 nov – 28 feb), Guanaco birthing (15 nov – 10 gen (di solito))