Why this ride
A named mountain-road corridor with sustained elevation change and pass scenery. It links naturally to Queulat National Park and hanging glacier.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Carretera Austral Puyuhuapi and Queulat
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 68 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 54 min
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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Editorial context
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Access context
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Seasonal context
Dec-Mar
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. La Junta Chile
La Junta is a small town where two rivers meet, which is exactly what the name says, and it marks the point where the Carretera Austral leaves the Palena valley and its wet green forests and enters the northern edge of the Aysen region. About twelve hundred people live here, scattered along wide, quiet streets, with lakes close by and snow-capped peaks showing above the trees. It is a handy place on a very empty road, with a fuel pump, a few shops, simple restaurants and guesthouses.
Read the complete La Junta Chile write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
La Junta Chile sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Puyuhuapi.
2. Puyuhuapi
Puyuhuapi lies at the head of a long, narrow fjord on the Carretera Austral, in a part of Chilean Patagonia where the mountains drop straight into the sea and the rain seems to follow you from one valley to the next. The village is small, with a few hundred people, and it was founded in 1935 by a handful of settlers from Central Europe who arrived in a wild, roadless land and built a life around a sawmill, a pier and later a carpet workshop that still weaves rugs. The wooden houses with steep roofs, the pier on the water and the boats at anchor give the place a quiet, slightly northern look.
Read the complete Puyuhuapi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Puyuhuapi comes up 29 km in. Next is Queulat.
3. Queulat
Queulat is one of the great set pieces of the Carretera Austral, a national park where a glacier hangs from a high ridge and spills a waterfall from its edge, and where the road climbs and twists through deep forest on the way to Puyuhuapi and the south. The park lies on the Pacific side of the Andes, in the rainy zone, and the nearest settlement of any size is Puerto Cisnes on the coast, with Puyuhuapi a little north on the fjord. Fuel is available in Puyuhuapi and along the main road, but not in the park.
Read the complete Queulat write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
68 km in you reach Queulat.
Recorded source links
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