Another run that is worth the huzzle to get to the Coast, just 6 hours away from Baeza , North West from Quito. You will find the Pachijal near the Guayllabamba drainage.
The western slopes will start running in February more or less, and is time to leave Baeza and head WEST> a whole bunch of rivers await for being exlored on the western slopes of the Andes Mountains. Just in this area coming out of the BOSQUE PROTECTOR LOS CEDROS there is many other creeks that no one is ever see before . The main problem is the MEGA MINING PROJECTS upstream that have concessioned the area for mineral exploitation that is gonan distroy all this ecosystems.