*** La Hesperia - La Laguna Trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 0.44 mi
- Elevation gain
- 95 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 95 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,548 ft
- TrailRank
- 32
- Min elevation
- 4,401 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 14 minutes
- Time
- 31 minutes
- Coordinates
- 126
- Uploaded
- May 12, 2021
- Recorded
- May 2021
near San Augusto, Pichincha (Ecuador)
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Itinerary description
Easy and nice walk which takes you around a beautiful lagun. It is a loop trail where you end up where you begin.
Summary;
From where the trail starts to its end, once you have made your way around the lagun, is less than 1km and next to no elevation gain. During the approx 30min walk you will be emerged in the vegetation around the lagun and able to witness the beauty of the cloud forest.
Details of trail;
The trail starts from where you can see a monument at the top of a hill. See photo from trail head. The entrance is to the right side of the lagun on a downward slope.
During the beautiful and calm walk you will find the below main points of reference;
* 1st bridge (150m)
* Intersection turn RIGHT (250m)
* Small river crossing (350m) - remember to wear rain boots, especially when its rainy season
* 2nd bridge (420m)
* Intersection turn LEFT (500m)
Summary;
From where the trail starts to its end, once you have made your way around the lagun, is less than 1km and next to no elevation gain. During the approx 30min walk you will be emerged in the vegetation around the lagun and able to witness the beauty of the cloud forest.
Details of trail;
The trail starts from where you can see a monument at the top of a hill. See photo from trail head. The entrance is to the right side of the lagun on a downward slope.
During the beautiful and calm walk you will find the below main points of reference;
* 1st bridge (150m)
* Intersection turn RIGHT (250m)
* Small river crossing (350m) - remember to wear rain boots, especially when its rainy season
* 2nd bridge (420m)
* Intersection turn LEFT (500m)
Waypoints
Information point
4,539 ft
Start of trail
In the background of the photo you can see a monument at the top of the hill. The entrance is to the right side of the lagun.
Photo
4,464 ft
The sign on the tree is an information point
The sign is on a tree called Elecho, which is a a tree of its wood that you can easily carve and make wooden figures.
Information point
4,495 ft
Cross the small river
Note: remember to wear boots to cross, especially in rainy season
Intersection
4,490 ft
Take LEFT at intersection
Note: to the right there is only pastures and a dead end
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