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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 Trail Length 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. ===Trail Types===
[[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:Cross_Country.jpg|thumb|500px|Cross Country route on GPT11 near Las Monjas. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
===Trail Types===
Hardly any of the trails of the GPT was made for hiking or especially prepared for hikers. This distinguishes this trail network from many other long distance trails. The Greater Patagonian Trail is composed out of existing routes that were mainly made by and for local settlers to serve their purposes. This makes the GPT so authentic and diverse but also inconsistent and challenging in parts.
[[File:GPT18-2014-Pano-Pic027.jpg|thumb|1050px|left|Greater Patagonian Trail Section 18: Lago Futalaufquen. File: Jan Dudeck]]
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===Trail Length===
As stated earlier the Greater Patagonian Trail is not a "classic" 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 route and the method of travel (hiking only, packrafting or a 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.
The below overview provides two example based on the current regular hiking route and the current regular packraft route. The packraft example does not include all possible packrafting but excludes the not yet verified exploration sections and considers a packraft use only on the selected sections where this equipment is highly recommended because clearly more benefit than burden (Section GPT17P to GPT39).
===Trail Length and Trail Type Distribution===
| Complete trail without optional side trips and ascents to summits.
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==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.
==Section Attractiveness and Difficulty Rating==