The red hut
Since 1933.
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Cerro López is a mountain rising to 2,075 metres about twenty-five kilometres from Bariloche, with the village of Colonia Suiza at its foot to the east and lakes Moreno and Nahuel Huapi to the north. The explorer Francisco Moreno named it after Vicente López y Planes, author of the Argentine national anthem. At the upper edge of the forest, at 1,620 metres, stands the red Refugio López, opened on 15 April 1933 and sleeping a hundred people. It is reached by a trail starting where the López stream crosses the Circuito Chico road at kilometre 27, climbing through lenga forest and then rock, or by a road winding round the slope. From the hut and above, one of the area's finest views opens over Lake Nahuel Huapi, its islands, the Llao Llao peninsula and the surrounding mountains. The walk is free; beds and meals at the hut cost extra. Summer is best for the climb, and registering your trek with the national park is advised.
Since 1933.
Islands and peninsula.
On the way.
Above Colonia Suiza, km 27 of the Circuito Chico, Bariloche
At kilometre 27 of the Circuito Chico road, where the López stream crosses it.