hike-a-bike

This border crossing is iconic for people cycling South America for reasons of wild beauty, adventure, and necessity. It is the only way for cyclists to continue from the end of the Carretera Austral or to get to it for the rare people riding north. I will be telling my experience as a southern rider. This will be a shorter blog, as it's focused on providing information about my experience crossing this border, in the hope that it will be a valuable resource to future cyclists looking to take on the challenging hike a bike.

The night before Zach and I left El Bolson, we were still discussing which route we were going to take to Chile. I wanted to take a hiking trail that would take us near the start of the Carretera Austral, but Zach wanted to bike much further south and cross later. I knew the hiking trail would be a greater, but more rewarding challenge. After enough convincing, Zach agreed.