Cardenal Samoré Pass
Villa La Angostura ↔ Osorno, via RN 231.
Today, Oct 5 at 07:07 PM, according to Pasos Internacionales, the Cardenal Samoré Pass is listed as open, from 09:00 to 19:00.
Status · checked at 07:07 PM
Official notice, as published in Spanish
Transitable con precaución para todo tipo de vehículos. Calzada despejada y mojada. Pronóstico de lluvia, aguanieve. Mantener distancias de frenado, evitar maniobras de sobrepaso. Personal y equipos de Vialidad Nacional operando. Portación obligatoria de cadenas físicas.
- snow or sleet
- chains required
Data from Pasos Internacionales, Ministerio de Seguridad. Before you set off, confirm it at the official source: it can change during the day.
Road conditions on the way
- National Route 231, stretch by stretch · from RN 40 to Villa La Angostura and the Cardenal Samoré Pass
Before you cross at Cardenal Samoré
What it connects
Villa La Angostura, in Neuquén, with Entre Lagos, in Chile, along National Route 231; on the other side the road continues to Osorno. It is the most used crossing from Bariloche and Villa La Angostura.
Opening hours and time difference
The pass's opening hours change with the season: today's are shown above, as published by Pasos Internacionales.
Mainland Chile is one hour behind Argentina during its winter time, from the first Saturday in April to the first Saturday in September; the rest of the year, both sides keep the same time. Bear it in mind if someone expects you at a set time on the other side.
What to bring
This is Argentina's official list, written for people who live in Argentina. If you travel with a passport from another country or in a car registered abroad, check what applies to you with the Chilean consulate before you set off.
- Digital DNI —the card or the light-blue booklet, latest issue— or a passport. A handwritten DNI, a receipt for a DNI still being processed or a damaged document are not accepted.
- Minors: with both parents, something that proves the relationship (the minor's DNI showing the parents' details, the birth certificate or the family booklet); with only one parent, the other parent's authorisation.
- By car: form OM-2261 for the temporary exit and admission of the vehicle, the cédula verde (or the cédula azul if you are not the owner), your driving licence and proof of valid compulsory insurance.
- Food: Chile controls anything of animal or plant origin coming in; declare it when you cross.
In winter
With snow or ice, Pasos Internacionales may require chains to cross, and the pass can close at short notice. Both notices appear above, in today's status: check it before you set off, and leave early.
If it's closed
The most common alternative from the corridor is Pino Hachado, further north: it is farther away, but it is the crossing used by trucks and buses and tends to hold up better in winter.
The other crossings in the corridor
- Hua Hum Passopen
- Mamuil Malal Passopen
- Pino Hachado Passopen
Licensed places to stay
In the towns that use this crossing.