View Point next to Cerro Lopez Summit | Tourist Attraction

February 11th, 2023 by samuelablomsdottir

great mountaintop! windy, but with great views in all directions. took me 4 hours (incl. breaks) from colonia suiza, tried to be fast and did not make many stops (except for a good coffee in the refugio lopez), you follow a good trail all the way up to the refugio, after that it gets steeper and involves some climbing on rocky surface

i continued to lago negro and hiked back along the beautiful goye river valley - really nice, but very long circuit (29 km, 8 hours incl. breaks)

don't forget to register for the national park beforehand, they check in the huts

January 5th, 2019 by thomasschmalfeld85

Amazing view from the 2083m view point next to the Cerro Lopez at the enormous Tronador, Osorno, Puntiagudo, Casablanca, Puyehue Volcanos and the complete Lago Nahuel Huapi below you. You can even spot the Lanin at a distance of 163k given you get lucky with the weather like we did and have a cloudfree sky.

To get up here it’s only a relaxed little afternoon stroll...no it’s not!
It took us 80min from the parking lot to the Refugio Lopez and another 67min to the summit so in total 2h 27min for the 5k and 1200m altitude. It is straight up in your face hill climbing with no diversity except for the last K before the refugio where you follow the dirtroad. For the last part from the Refugio you should be in good condition.

The view though is totally worth the 2,5h strain...would do it again!