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* well maintained horse trails that are regularly used by the local cowboys (in Chile called "arrieros" and in Argentina "gauchos"),
* poorly maintained and neglected trails that are washed out, trenched and blocked by fallen logs,
* minor roads and simple car tracks that are occasionally used by an all-terrain vehiclevehicles,
* trail-less cross country routes in barren open terrain,
* a few short stretches of bush bashing,
* and where no more adventurous route was found also public roads with moderate transit traffic.
* Packrafters can cross in addition mountain lakes, float down generally calm rivers and even paddle on the Patagonian fjords.
* For more information to the trail types and the trail type composition of the GPT see section [[#Trail Length and Trail Types|Trail Length and Trail Types]].