Huemules Forest

Forests cloak the Andean slopes around the Nevados de Chillán, where the high volcanic mountains rise above the valleys of central Chile. Native trees such as coihue, roble and raulí grow on the slopes, and streams flow down towards the lowlands. The huemul, a mountain deer once found across much of the southern Andes, inhabits this wooded mountain country. Snowfields and exposed ridges stand above the forests.