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I'm now updating the entire trail documentation to incorporate all these extensions, trail corrections and additional options. Due to the northern extension the section numbering is changing completely and I'm also improving the track nomenclature to facilitate a better understanding and documentation of the countless options. This ongoing update currently results in inconsistencies of this trail documentation. Please have this in mind when reading this article and downloading files.
==Zones and Sections of GPT== ===GPT Zones===To be issued. ===GPT Sections===The current main trail is divided into 40 connecting sections. These 40 sections are between 36 km and 200 km long. Every section connects seamless with the following section and starts and ends near a road or village with public transportation. Therefore each section can be hiked individually or several sections can be combined into a longer journey with connecting footsteps. ===Used Trails===
[[File:GPT02-P0063.jpg|thumb|500px|Trail on Section GPT07 next to the Laguna Dial. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:Two-Track_Road.jpg|thumb|500px|Two-Track Road on GPT08 next to the hots springs Los Peucos. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT18-2014-Pano-Pic027.jpg|thumb|1050px|left|Greater Patagonian Trail Section 18: Lago Futalaufquen. File: Jan Dudeck]]
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! style="text-align: left;" " rowspan="2" | Trail Type
! style="text-align: left;" " colspan="2" | Hiking Only Option! style="text-align: left;" " colspan="2" | Packraft OptionHiking and Packrafting
! style="text-align: left;" " rowspan="2"| Comment
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! style="text-align: left;" | Percentage
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| Hiking and Horse Trails(TL)
| 643 km
| 46%
| Complete trail without summits. '''The seven optional summits on the trail add 74 km.'''
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==Section Evaluation==
The four hikers that first completed most of the trail (Bethany Hughes and Lauren Reed from [https://her-odyssey.org/meet-the-team/ Her-Odyssey], my wife Meylin Ubilla and me the author) have evaluated each section in respect of attractiveness and difficulty.
This evaluation only compares these 40 sections between each other (relative comparison) and is no attempt to compare the GPT with other trails.
Two grades from 1 to 5 are given to each section, one grade for attractiveness and one grade for difficulty. The 5 stands for the most attractive or the most difficult category. The grades were choose in a way that the average over all hiking sections is a precise 3. For sections with a substantial packrafting proportion an additional packrafting grading is given, that is relative to the hiking scale of the same section to facilitate a comparison if hiking and packrafting a section where both is possible.
Because this is only a relative comparison an attractiveness of 1 or 2 does not mean "ugly" and "not worth to walk", it simply means that the majority of the other sections are more attractive. And since several sections are mind-blowing beautiful "competition" is tough and a number of sections simply must end up in these lower categories even if they are worthwhile hiking.
Equally a difficulty grade of 1 or 2 does not mean "a piece of cake". Depending on the weather even such a section can become threatening.
Such an evaluation of the attractiveness and challenge is obviously subjective. Rather random factors like the weather when hiking or particular memorable encounters with the local population influence the judgement. Anyway, we four found little discrepancies in our evaluation where we hike the same route at different times.
The evaluation of the attractiveness considers not only the landscape and the trail itself but also the social experience with the local population as this trail comes only with the people that live on it and you can't have just the trail for yourself.
The evaluation of the difficulty and challenge considers the terrain, the trail condition, exposure to weather, remoteness, section length and resupply possibilities along the trail. This evaluation is based on the regular route. The individual experience will greatly vary with the actual weather that someone is exposed while hiking or packrafting. Also some optional routes might be much more demanding compared to the regular route. Keep this in mind when making you choices.
This relative comparison shall help hikers and packrafters to make an educated choice of the sections that they attempt and to choose wisely where to hike and where to packraft.
==Evaluation and Trail Type Charts==
[[File:GPT Evaluation H.png|thumb|1050px|left|Greater Patagonian Trail: Section Evaluation (Only Hiking)]]
[[File:GPT Evaluation P.png|thumb|1050px|left|Greater Patagonian Trail: Section Evaluation (Packrafting including Exploration Options)]]
[[File:GPT Evaluation P-EXP.png|thumb|1050px|left|Greater Patagonian Trail: Section Evaluation (Packrafting without Exploration Options)]]
[[File:GPT Evaluation H+P.png|thumb|1050px|left|Greater Patagonian Trail: Section Evaluation (Hiking and Packrafting where suitable)]]
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[[File:GPT Trail Type H.png|thumb|1050px|left|Greater Patagonian Trail: Trail Type Distribution (Only Hiking)]]
[[File:GPT Trail Type P.png|thumb|1050px|left|Greater Patagonian Trail: Trail Type Distribution (Packrafting including Exploration Options)]]
[[File:GPT Trail Type P-EXP.png|thumb|1050px|left|Greater Patagonian Trail: Trail Type Distribution (Packrafting without Exploration Options)]]
[[File:GPT Trail Type H+P.png|thumb|1050px|left|Greater Patagonian Trail: Trail Type Distribution (Hiking and Packrafting where more suitable)]]
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==Images==
Here you find a selection of [http://www.panoramio.com/user/7876187?show=best images from the Greater Patagonian Trail] that are uploaded to Panoramio and displayed on Google Earth.
==Used Trails==
Not all hiking options are recorded yet by GPS since the author investigated the Greater Patagonian Trail with a packraft. There is also a shorter part that could not be hiked because one area was closed at the time of the investigation due to a large wild fire. These '''to be verified''' trails may therefore be imprecisely shown in this trail description and by the KMZ/GPX files. But the author has reliable information that these trails exist and have been hiked recently. At this time the author has simply no precise GPS record and the route is not sufficiently visible on satellite images.
Wherever possible the Greater Patagonian Trail incorporates '''lake''' crossings, '''river''' downstream floats and even paddeling on '''fjords''' with a [[#Packraft|packraft]].If not carrying such a light-weight inflatable boat or if the weather does not permit paddling then all these water sections can be bypassed on foot, by ferry or with private boat transfers. The river downstream floats do not include white-water rivers with large rapids.
==Expected Duration==
