Valley views
From the platform.
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Piltriquitrón, or «the Piltri» to locals, is a mountain rising to 2,260 metres east of the town of El Bolsón; its Mapuche name means «hanging from the clouds». It is the town's best-known landmark, seen from every street, its rock walls turning orange at sunset. A gravel road climbs about thirteen kilometres by car to a platform on its slopes, and from there trails run through lenga and cypress forests: first to the Bosque Tallado, where artists carved the trunks of a forest burned in 1978, then to a mountain hut, and from there, after registering, up to the summit. The platform itself has a wide view over the El Bolsón valley, its lakes and the Andes, and the mountain is a paragliding spot. A fee is paid at the platform, with residents exempt. Go up by car or with local transfer services.
From the platform.
On the way.
Over El Bolsón.
East of El Bolsón, about 13 km to the platform, Río Negro
ARS 7,000 at the platform, free for residents; open 09:00-18:00.