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Originally Posted by ctech83
What is the chance of being able to cross from Santiago, Chile to Argentina 2nd of June on motorbikes? If there is a low probability, what are the options? Geta truck to drive us over, or are there a second crossing further north?
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Hola
The chance will be in regard of the weather conditions from some days before, this pass usually is open the whole year but as big snow storms are common up there during the winter could happen that they have to close it for few days till the machines open it again, and then the only option will be to wait, sometimes for few hours, maybe 1 or 2 nights, sometimes during several days. Long queues of trucks will be waiting there for the reopen and really cold during nights, better to wait on the closer towns before to go up. Hard to know exactly how will be there exactly by 2nd June 2014.
Last July I was passing trough Uspallata (first Argentina town there) and cross with a Brazilian couple on a G650 coming from Chile and they were freezing, they didn’t have heated clothes or even real good (for cold) motorcycle gear adding that Brazilians usually are not really accustom to the extreme climate there but they have done it, no big deal... Little later same day we were at the Aconcagua base park in T-Shirts and few days ago some other friend were at same spot freezing (in October)!!!...
Some months ago in other thread about Argentina–Chile crossings and weather conditions I posted links for the passes:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...h-closed-70922
Saludos
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