Lago Gutierrez

Exploration Path

Ce sentier de randonnée retrace les anciens chemins des Aonikenk, des chasseurs-cueilleurs de Patagonie qui parcouraient les pampas de la vallée de Chacabuco il y a des milliers d'années. Leurs traces subsistent dans les pétroglyphes de la Cueva de los Niños, située près du sentier. Le parcours culmine au Lago Gutiérrez, le plus grand de la vallée de Chacabuco, qui servait de lieu de repos lors des longs voyages des communautés nomades patagoniennes.

For the troperos - traditional nomadic herders - and ranchers of the region, the year was divided into two key seasons: the "veranada" and the "invernada. During the summer, the troperos drove their cattle to the veranadas, high pastures that, once free of snow, provided abundant grazing in clearings surrounded by deciduous forests of ñirre and lenga. In winter, the herds moved to the winter pastures, lower, sheltered areas where corrals provided protection from inclement weather. Today, thanks to the ecological restoration efforts led by Rewilding Chile, these clearings and ancient forests used for cattle grazing have been transformed into a natural sanctuary waiting to be explored.