Boat ride to Pipeline trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 29.74 mi
- Elevation gain
- 30 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 49 ft
- Max elevation
- 107 ft
- TrailRank
- 22
- Min elevation
- 68 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 2 hours 55 minutes
- Time
- 3 hours 5 minutes
- Coordinates
- 5622
- Uploaded
- November 3, 2020
- Recorded
- November 2020
near Gamboa, Colón (Republic of Panama)
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So, thinking we would save time by shuttling a car to the trailhead, we took a boat ride from Gamboa to the Pipeline Trail end. A few observations: 1. pay attention to where your driver is going. Ours took a detour into a bay with no bridge, wasting an hour of our time. 2. With so many trees just below the surface, he went at a slow pace for much of the time. 3. Crossing the bridge was incredibly tough, and we had to remove the canopy, yet another time-consuming activity. 4. Being from Gamboa, he was unfamiliar with the area and struggled to identify the correct landing spot. Fortunately, some locals in a canoe waved us to the general direction. In other words - choose another way!
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Hola Chris:
Buen intento!!!
Lo que he visto es que los pocos que lo han hecho, han alquilado la lancha en la población casi al frente del punto de desembarco.
Lo intentaré en el 2021. Suerte!!!
Un saludo