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There are a number of different ways to connect Sections 11 and 12. However, none of them have been proven to be faster than descending along the regular route to the valley at 1400m and regaining the elevation along the regular route. There are a few optional routes that promise to be more direct and with less elevation gain, but as of April 2024, based on the trip reports below, they appear to be very difficult and take longer than the regular route. There is one route option which appears to be unexplored, GPT11-04. Please edit the pages of both sections 11 and 12 if you have any updates.

=== Optional Routes ===

A popular and scenic option on GPT12 is to go via the ridge near Cerro Dedos, GPT11-02 and GPT11-02B (it is somewhat confusingly part of Section 11). This ridge hike can be extended by walking up to Cerro Dedos, via GPT11-04, where Condors may be spotted. In bad weather, avoid the ridge.

=== Piñones ===

Along this section are many opportunities to harvest piñones (in the right season), which can extend your hiking food supply. This can be a particularily useful resource if hiking in NOBO direction: bring enough food for GPT12, and supplement your diet with piñones to extend your supplies to last for GPT11 and onward. Be sure to bring lots of gas, since piñones need to be boiled for roughly 20 minutes.

==Season 2025/26==