Berny's photos with the keyword: Rio Mendoza

While it looks almost brand new, the railway bridge across the Rio Mendoza is abandoned since 1984. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

While it looks almost brand new, the railway bridge across the Rio Mendoza is abandoned since 1984. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

A last image of this beautiful mountain pass "Paso de Uspallato", driving back down in the valley of Rio Mendoza. The view goes to the most upstream part of the valley and to the summit of "Nevado Matienzo" (5044 m). The peak at the right image border is called "Sin Nombre" (5154 m), which means "nameless" ;-) - scanned slide, Minolta X700

This is the fantastic old road to the 3832 m high Paso de Upsallata, looking back down in the valley of Rio Mendoza. Only few people drive up this road, while the normal traffic goes on Ruta 7 through a tunnel. The pass has several different names, besides Paso de Upsallata also Paso Libertadores, Paso del Cristo Redentor, Paso Iglesia and Paso Bermejo. The road connected Argentina with Chile, but at the time we drove up there, the Chilean side was closed because of too much snow. The PiP shows the Chilean side of the pass road from Google Street View. scanned slide, Minolta X700

Ruta Nacional 7 leads through a wild rough landscape and is joining Argentina and Chile with its highest point, the Paso de Upsallata. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

The transandine route of the Belgrano railway crosses the river "Rio Mendoza". Unfortunately the railway is out of service (seen from Ruta 7). - scanned slide, Minolta X700

The transandine route of the Belgrano railway crosses the river "Rio Mendoza". Unfortunately the railway is out of service (seen from Ruta 7, situated in the rocky slopes to the right). The Transandine Railway (Spanish: Ferrocarril Trasandino) was a 1000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge combined rack and adhesion railway which operated from Mendoza in Argentina, across the Andes mountain range via the Uspallata Pass (3176 m), to Santa Rosa de Los Andes in Chile, a distance of 248 km. The railway has been out of service since 1984, and has been partly dismantled. There has been talk about restoring the railway, but there is currently no indication of any restorative work underway. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

The lower part of the valley is wide and the river meanders freely around. - scanned slide, Minolta X700.

The next area we visited, is the valley of Rio Mendoza, on the road "Carretera Libertador General San Martin", the Ruta Nacional 7, up to the 3832 m high "Paso de Upsallata" as highest point. Fantastic views to the summit of Acongagua are waiting for us. - scanned slide, Minolta X700