Why this ride
A lake corridor with repeated shoreline views and access to natural or cultural anchors. It links naturally to Los Alerces National Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Trevelin and Los Alerces Loop
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 139 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 36
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Editorial context
Coordinates are curated start-via-end route seeds. They are not a surveyed centreline or navigation geometry. Run road snapping, topology checks, access checks and a live-status review before publication.
Access context
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Seasonal context
Nov-Apr
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Esquel
Esquel is a town of about twenty-eight thousand people in the northwest of Chubut province, on the dry eastern flank of the Andes, and it feels like the edge of a very big country. The mountains rise to the west, snowy and forested, and to the east the Patagonian steppe begins, an endless plain of grass and shrub where the wind never really stops. The town itself is a plain, practical place with wide streets, a few low buildings and a quiet air, yet it is the doorstep to some of the best scenery in Patagonia.
Read the complete Esquel write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Esquel sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Trevelin.
2. Trevelin
Trevelin has a name that sounds like a joke until you learn what it means. In Welsh, tre is town and velin is mill, so the name means town of the mill, and it was given by Welsh settlers who arrived in the late nineteenth century and started growing wheat in this green valley at the foot of the Andes. They had already crossed the Patagonian steppe from the Chubut valley on the Atlantic side, and they found in the sheltered land near the Futaleufú River a place where crops would thrive. Today around six thousand people live here, and the Welsh heritage is still visible in the chapels, the family names and the tea houses.
Read the complete Trevelin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Trevelin comes up 29 km in. Next is Los Alerces.
3. Los Alerces gate
The gate of Los Alerces National Park marks the point where the Patagonian steppe gives way to something older and wetter. The park, in the Chubut province of Argentina, protects a strip of Andean forest and a chain of deep glacial lakes, and it is named after the alerce, a giant conifer that can live for more than three thousand years. These slow-growing trees, among the oldest living things on earth, are scattered through the damp valleys, and the park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2017 in recognition of its importance.
Read the complete Los Alerces gate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
58 km in you reach Los Alerces. Next is Esquel.
4. Esquel
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Esquel write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Esquel, late in the day.