Fully agree that there has been no improvements on that area, which is very sad because the Andes is a beautiful multi country mountain range to fly that goes all the way up from Colombia to Tierra del Fuego, actually the Amazonas starts there.
Being the largest mountain range of the world, and the second-highest after the Himalayas (well the Aconcagua is the “training” mountain before going to Himalayas), deserves a better treatment in my very humble opinion.
Some places however are quite cool. If you ever want to land at Cerro Plataforma with a STOL aircraft, it’s quite nice. In this video (at this exact moment I’m linking) you can see the Plataforma top, where some bush pilots have landed several times (Patagonia Bush Pilots). You can see it in winter in this video, in summer it’s the same, but without snow. The pilot passes over the place because six months earlier his engine failed and he crashed in that very same lake.
Sadly in 2024 the area is covered with trees, but you can get the feeling. I’m attaching a PLN which departs from a nearby lake, passes through the Plataforma lake and descends into Cholila. In 2020 the area is more realistic and has also a much better treeline.
SALG LAGO LA ESPERANZA (LAGO PUELO) A SALE (CHOLILA).PLN (7.3 KB)
Nice flights!