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|Infraestructura=Inexistente
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[[File:GPT06-P0005.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT11: Araucaria trees in the Pehuenche homeland. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT13-P0028.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT18: Cross Country walking on volcanic ash at Cordon Caulle after recent eruption. File: Jan Dudeck]]
It’s a stunningly beautiful and diverse trail system that guides you in the first part from the semi-desert of the Precordillera into scenic Andes valleys. The trail crosses trails cross numerous dormant and active volcanos with partially healed volcanic scars and fresh open wounds from eruptions as recent as 2011. You can take a dip in more than a dozen hot springs along the way to draw from this energy.
Continuing, you will dive into the twilight of lush green tempered rain forest lined by snow covered mountains. Numerous passes and high plains get you above the tree line into barren terrain with broad views. Crystal clear rivers descend from these mountains and feed deep blue lake along the way. If you packraft you can paddle over these lakes and float down these rivers all the way into the Patagonian fjords where the Pacific Ocean hits the ragged coast.
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==Introduction and General Information==[[File:GPT13GPT28-P0083resizeRio_Palena.jpg|thumb|right500px|1050px|GPT19GPT28: On Packrafting the crater rim of the volcano PuyehueRío Palena. Image: Jan Dudeck]]<br style="clear[[File:both" />==The Art of Walking on GPT_Glaciar_O'Higgins.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT38: Glaciar O'Higgins coming down from the GPT==Southern Icefield. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT_Settler_(2).jpg|thumb|500px|GPT22: Discussing route options with settlers at the Río Puelo. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT08-Arriero.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT09: Arriero at the base of the Vulcano Antuco. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT10-Peuenche.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT09: Being guest at a Pehuenche family: Fresh milk, fresh cheese, fresh meat! Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT07-Laguna_del_Maule.jpg|thumb|right|500px|GPT07: Horse riding with Danilo and Jito (the founder and horse riding guide of [http://www.chile-horseriding.com/ www.chile-horseriding.com]) at the dormant Supervolcano Laguna del Maule. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT09-Laguna_de_las_Lajas.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT09: Circling the volcano Antuco. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT18-Lago_Pirihueco.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT18: Camping at the shore of Lago Pirihueco. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT28P-Ferry.jpg|thumb|right|500px|GPT28P: Patagonian fjords seen from the ferry on the way from Raul Marin Balmaceda to Puerto Chacabuco. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT_Manual.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT Hiker's Manual]]
===Statements about the GPT by Hikers and Packrafters===
===Information to the GPT===
The GPT is an informal route network therefore you will not find any “official” information. In the following I list all relevant resources that help to understand the GPT and to get prepared for an adventure on this route network.
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[[File:GPT13-P0083resize.jpg|thumb|right|1200px|GPT19: On the crater rim of the volcano Puyehue. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
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==Understanding the Trail==
[[File:GPT36H-Ruta_de_los_Pioneros.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT36H: Poorly maintained historic horse trail "Ruta de los Pioneros". Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT16-Quetrupillan.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT16: Circling the volcano Quetrupillan with the volcano Villarica in the background. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT_Fjord_Packrafting.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT28: Reaching the sea after paddling down the Río Palena. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
The Greater Patagonian Trail is not a hiking trail.
'''All this makes the GPT a discovery network with a good portion of unpredictability but impressive authenticity.'''
===Trail Length and Trail Type Composition===
The Greater Patagonian Trail is not a normal single line long distance trail but a wide discovery trail network with countless options and alternatives. Therefore the actual length that someone may walk and paddle depends highly on the selected sections, the chosen route and the method of travel (hiking only, packrafting wherever possible or a balanced combination of both). Also a further extension of the trail towards the southern tip of the continent is in preparation. For this reason there is no precise number for the trail length and only examples can be provided.
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[[File:GPT19-Cordon Caulle.jpg|thumb|right|1050px1200px|GPT19: Cordon Caulle where a major volcanic eruption occurred in 2011. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
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[[File:Pat_map.PNG|thumb|400px|Limits of Patagonia. Image: [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia Wikipedia]]]
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==Status of the GPT per trail==
Some of the parts of the GPT are already included in Wikiexplora as shorter and trails. In this table you can find them, with instruction regarding access and exit points.
{| class="wikitable"
! Region/Province
! Planning Status of Regular Route
! Link to self-published routein Wikiexplora's website (probably in spanish)
|-
| GPT01
| Chile
| Region Metropolitano (V)
| Published and Verified To be Recorded by GPS
|
|-
| Region O'Higgins (VI) Maule (VII)
| Published and Verified
| [[Alto_Huemul]]
|-
| GPT05
| Maule (VII)
| Published and Verified
| [[Travesía de los Volcanes]]
|-
| GPT06
| Maule (VII)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT_6:_Volcán_Descabezado]]. See also: [[Sendero del Cóndor extendido]] and [[Travesía de los Volcanes]]
|-
| GPT07
| Maule (VII) Bío Bío (VIII)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 7: Laguna Dial]]
|-
| GPT08
| Bío Bío (VIII)
| Published and Verified
| [[Río Ñuble]] and [[Cordillera de Polcura]]
|-
| GPT09
| Bío Bío (VIII)
| Published and Verified
| [[Volcán Antuco - Trapa Trapa]]
|-
| GPT10
| Bío Bío (VIII)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 10: Laguna El Barco]]
|-
| GPT11
| Bío Bío (VIII) Araucanía (IX)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 11: Cerro Dedos]]
|-
| GPT12
| Araucanía (IX)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT12: Río Rahue]]
|-
| GPT13
| Araucanía (IX)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 14: Laguna Icalma and Volcán Sollipulli]]
|-
| GPT14
| Araucanía (IX)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 14: Laguna Icalma and Volcán Sollipulli]]
|-
| GPT15
| Araucanía (IX)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 15: Curarrehue]]
|-
| GPT16
| Araucanía (IX) Los Ríos (XIV)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 16: Volcán Quetrupillan]]
|-
| GPT17H
| Los Ríos (XIV)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 17 (trekking): Liquiñe]]
|-
| GPT17P
| Los Ríos (XIV)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 18: Lago Pirihueico]]
|-
| GPT19
| Los Ríos (XIV) Los Lagos (X)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 19: Volcán Puyehue]]
|-
| GPT20
| Los Lagos (X)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 20: Volcán Antillanca]]
|-
| GPT21
| Los Lagos (X)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 21: Lago Todos Los Santos]]
|-
| GPT22
| Los Lagos (X) Chubut
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 22: Cochamó]]
|-
| GPT23
|-
| GPT25H
| Aldea Escolar
| E
| Argentina
|-
| GPT27P
| Alto Río Palena
| F
| Chile
| Chile
| Aysén (XI)
| Published To be and Verified BY EXPERTS ONLY
|
|-
| Aysén (XI)
| Published and Verified
| [[Travesia Correntoso - El Rosado]]
|-
| GPT30P
| Chile
| Aysén (XI)
| Published To be and Verified BY EXPERTS ONLY
|
|-
| Aysén (XI)
| Published and Verified
| [[Trekking Cerro Castillo]]
|-
| GPT33H
| Aysén (XI)
| Published and Verified
| [[Valle del Avilés, PN Patagonia]]
|-
| GPT36H
| Aysén (XI)
| Published and Verified
| [[Ruta de los Pioneros]]
|-
| GPT36P
|-
| GPT60+X
| Tierra del Fuego
| L
| Chile Argentina
| Alto Rio Futaleufú
| M
| Argentina Chile| Chubut Los Lagos (X)| Published To be Verified
|
|-
| M
| Chile
| Los Lagos (X)| Published To be Verified
|
|-
| GPT72P
| Bajo Rio Futaleufú
| M
| Chile
| Los Lagos (X)| Published To be Verified
|
|-
| M
| Chile
| Los Lagos (X)| Published To be Verified BY EXPERTS ONLY
|
|-
| M
| Chile
| Los Lagos (X)| Published To be Verified
|
|-
| M
| Chile
| Los Lagos (X)| Published and Verified To be Recorded by GPS
|
|-
| N
| Chile
| Los Lagos (X)| Published To be Verified BY EXPERTS ONLY
|
|-
| N
| Chile
| Los Lagos (X)| Published To be Verified BY EXPERTS ONLY
|
|-
| GPT78P
| Lago Pinto Concha
| N
| Chile
| Los Lagos (X)| Published To be Verified BY EXPERTS ONLY
|
|-
| GPT80P+X
| Zona Campo de Hielo Norte Sector Monte
| O
| Chile
| Aysén (XI)| In Consideration (Exploration)
|
|-
| GPT90P+X
| Zona Campo de Hielo Norte Sector Mar
| P
| Chile
| Aysén (XI)| In Consideration (Exploration)
|
|-
| HA01+X
| Zona Huella Andina
| Q
| Argentina
| Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut| Published and Verified but currently unmaintained by Argentine government. Additional connections with GPT to be planned.| [[Huella Andina]]
|}