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[[File:GPT01-P0115.jpg|thumb|500px|right|GPT06: The main route currently spans approximately 3'000 km volcanos Descabezado Grande and Cerro Azul with the entire route network including all options contains more than 15'000 km of tracksLaguna Caracol to their feet.Image: Jan Dudeck]] If this introduction quickened your appetite to explore this network of trails then don't stop reading here and don't pack your backpack yet. The GPT is quite different from what you expect. Especially if you have thru[[File:GPT08-hiked the famous long-distance trails in the US (i.eArriero. jpg|thumb|500px|GPT09: Arriero at the Appalachian Trail, base of the Pacific Crest Trail or the Continental Divide Trail) or if you walked on the European pilgrimage trails (iVulcano Antuco.e. the Camino de Santiago) then don't assume that the GPT will be a similar experience and that you are prepared for it. This region and this route network is unequal in nature. Some best practices and habits that are key for thruImage: Jan Dudeck]][[File:GPT06-hiking in the US would be foolish in Patagonia and other skills and aptitudes are essential to truly appreciate the Greater Patagonian TrailP0005. Since I started publishing the GPT I have seen around one hundred people attempting to walk major parts of the trail and I was jpg|thumb|500px|GPT11: Araucaria trees in contact with many of the them. The majority was absolutely amazed by the land and the people and their experience on the trail. But some hikers quickly aborted or changed their plans and missed the best parts of the trail in consequence. Interestingly, these were partly experienced hikers and athletic walkersPehuenche homeland.Image: Jan Dudeck]] In the following section of this Hiker’s Manual I try to rectify potentially incorrect assumptions and outline the essentials for hiking and packrafting on this trail network[[File:GPT13-P0028. You should also watch the feature documentary “Unbounded” and read the publications of other hikers and packrafters to learn from the diverse experiences of others jpg|thumb|500px|GPT18: Cross Country walking on the Greater Patagonian Trailvolcanic ash at Cordon Caulle after recent eruption. <br style="clearFile:both" /> ==Introduction and General Information==Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT28-Rio_Palena.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT28: Packrafting the Río Palena. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT_Glaciar_O'Higgins.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT38: Glaciar O'Higgins coming down from the Southern Icefield. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
Piia Kortsalo and Oliver Barker: "We’re filled with incredible memories of our time on the GPT, and the landscape and culture of the Chilean Andes will stay with us forever. While hiking the GPT was an incredible experience for us, we don't imagine this as the right trail for everyone. The GPT is closer to an idea of a route than an established trail; hikers setting out expecting a well-organized, continuous, marked hiking trail will inevitably be disappointed. The GPT really is a route for a very specific sort of hiker, one who's as interested in natural history and cultural experience as they are in trail miles."
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==Information to the GPT==Security, Police and Borders====In the b
* 1 Introduction and General Information,
* 2 Terrain and Section Information and
* 3 Appendix and Indices.
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==The GPT Route Network=Dangers and Annoyances===[[File:GPT01-P0050.jpg|thumb|450px|Greater Patagonian Trail Section 1: Poor trail condition. File: Jan Dudeck]][[File:GPT02-P0087.jpg|thumb|450px|Greater Patagonian Trail Section 2: River Crossing. File: Jan Dudeck]][[File:GPT04-P0039.jpg|thumb|450px|Greater Patagonian Trail Section 4: Near Laguna de Las Lajas where 45 soldiers died in 2005 during a snow storm. File: Jan Dudeck]]====Trail Condition====The Greater Patagonian trail is not an official trail that is set up and managed by a government agency. Is simply a compilation of horse trails, minor roads and some cross country sections over private properties and state owned land. This means that large parts of the route are not monitored or maintained by public authorities. Most of the horse trails were created by local herdsman to drive livestock to their pastures and other parts of the route are current or disused wood logging roads. Therefore the maintenance depends on the needs and initiative of these locals users.
'''CattleAll this makes the GPT a discovery network with a good portion of unpredictability but an impressive authenticity.''': Cattle are normally rather peaceful but bulls and cows with calves may become aggressive and attack if they feel threatened. Therefore keep distance and do not try to pet them.
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==The GPT Terrain: Greater Patagonia=Critics and Concerns===To be issued.
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'''From a thru-hiking perspective the GPT is less than a long-distance trail.''' There is one lesson that I learned from Garrett (no clearly defined and also others that are not cited here). If someone intents well-marked single trail to make a documentary or film blaze along the trail then I will strongly recommend to first come one season without much camera gear to simply get , there is no thru-hiking community to know the trail, the region talk and in particular there are no “trail angels” providing “trail magic”. On the peopleGPT hikers have no domiciliary rights; they are just unexpected guests. Be Also, the packrafting options do not benefit thru-hiking as they do not make a silent observer first before speaking up to others!traverse faster.
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==Section Information=={| class="wikitable"|- style="vertical-align:top;"! style="text-align: left;" " rowspan="2" | Section Name! style="text-align: left;" " rowspan="2" | Number! style="text-align: left;" " rowspan="2" | Best<br>Season! style="text-align: left;" | Hiking-<br>Only-<br>Option! style="text-align: left;" " colspan="2" | Packraft-Option! style="text-align: left;" " rowspan="2" | Additional Hiking Options! style="text-align: left;" " rowspan="2" | Villages and towns '''on Packrafting the trail''' or ''near the finish'' for resupply|-! styleGPT="text-align: left;" | Direction<br>Options! style="text-align: left;" width="85" | Packraft<br>Usage! style="text-align: left;" | Direction<br>Options|-style="vertical-align:top;"| Volcán Descabezado| GPT01| Dec-Apr| South ↓| Side trips only| South ↓| Summit Descabezado, Hidden Lakes| ''On the way to the start: Santiago de Chile, Curicó, Molina <br> After section finish: San Clemente, Talca''|-style="vertical-align:top;"| Laguna Dial| GPT02| Dec-Apr| Any ↑↓| May be used| Any ↑↓| Laguna del Maule and El Troncoso, Laguna las Truchas| ''San Fabian, San Carlos, Chillán''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Volcán Chillan| GPT03| Dec-Apr| Any ↑↓| Experts only| Any ↑↓| Summit Chillan Viejo, Laguna las Truchas, Rio Nuble and Las Aguilas, Eastern Side of Laguna de Las Lajas | ''Antuco, Los Angeles''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Volcán Antuco| GPT04| Nov-May| Any ↑↓| Experts only| Any ↑↓| Summit Antuco, Around Antuco, Eastern Side of Laguna de Las Lajas| ''Ralco, Santa Bárbara, Los Angeles''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Laguna El Barco| GPT05| Dec-Apr| Any ↑↓| Side trips only| Any ↑↓| -| ''Ralco, Santa Bárbara, Los Angeles''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Guallali| GPT06| Dec-Apr| Any ↑↓| Not used| Any ↑↓| Summit Moncol| ''Lonquimay''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Laguna Marinanqui| GPT07| Dec-Apr| Any ↑↓| Side trips only| Any ↑↓| Laguna Escondida and Laguna Verde| '''Liucura on the trail''', ''Lonquimay''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Volcán Sollipulli| GPT08| Oct-May| Any ↑↓| May be used| Any ↑↓| Summit Sollipulli, Icalma| '''Icalma and Reigolil on the trail''', ''Curarrehue, Pucon'' |- style="vertical-align:top;"| Curarrehue| GPT09| Oct-May| Any ↑↓| Not used| Any ↑↓| Fundo Huililco | '''Curarrehue on the trail''', ''Pucon''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Volcán Quetrupillan| GPT10| Dec-Apr| Any ↑↓| Side trips only| Any ↑↓| Summit Quetrupillan, Valle Termal| ''Liquiñe, Coñaripe, Pucon'' |- style="vertical-align:top;"| Liquiñe (Hiking)| GPT11H| Oct-May| Any ↑↓| May be used| Any ↑↓| -| '''Liquiñe and Puerto Fuy on the trail'''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Neltume (Packraft)| GPT11P| Oct-May| -| Required| South↓| -| '''Neltume and Puerto Fuy on the trail'''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Lago Pirihueico| GPT12| Nov-May| South↓| Beneficial| South↓| -| '''Chabranco on the trail''', ''Llifén, Futrono''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Volcán Puyehue| GPT13| Dec-Apr| Any ↑↓| Beneficial| South↓| Summit Puyehue, Hot Spring| ''Entre Lagos, Osorno''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Volcán Antillanca| GPT14| Dec-Apr| Any ↑↓| Not used | Any ↑↓| "La Plaza"| ''El Poncho, Puerto Rico, Panguipulli''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Lago Todos Los Santos| GPT15| Oct-May| South↓| Experts only| South↓| -| '''Ralún and Cochamó on the trail''', ''Puerto Varas, Puerto Montt''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| Cochamó| GPT16| Oct-May| Any ↑↓| Beneficial| Any ↑↓| -| '''Llanada Grande on the trail''', ''Lago Puelo, El Bolson''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| PN Lago Puelo| GPT17| Dec-Apr| Any ↑↓| Beneficial| South↓| -| '''Villa Rivadavia on the trail'''|- style="vertical-align:top;"| PN Los Alerces| GPT18| Dec-Apr| Any ↑↓| Beneficial| South↓| -| '''Villa Futalaufquen on the trail'''|-|}
In retrospect I’m so glad that I lacked the information about the hidden routes. Otherwise I would probably not have discovered the packraft as the ideal hiking partner for Patagonia. A packraft does not only carry your backpack, it carries you! What matters in this “partnership” is a good balance. You don’t want to carry your packraft most of the time but benefit from it as much as possible. And this is the case on sections GPT17 to GPT39. Here the packraft carries you on more than 50% of the distance and this makes it a brilliant deal. Further north (on sections GPT01 to GPT16) a packraft is more burden than benefit and I would only recommend packrafting if you specifically plan to explore a certain lake and the surrounding area.
When packrafting on lakes and rivers we normally do not exceed hiking speed so the packraft does not make us faster. In contrast, all the packing and unpacking and the extra weight slows us down. But speed is not our objective. What we seek is diversity and a packraft opens up some of the most epic routes in Patagonia.
==Questions and Feedbacks==
Email of author: gpt.jan.dudeck@gmail.com
==Other trails in ChileGallery==<gallery>Lago Bergues y al fondo se ve el Glaciar Lucia.JPG|Lago Bergues y al fondo se ve el Glaciar Lucía, por Meylin UbillaGlaciar_Lucia.JPG|Glaciar Lucía desde el Lago Bergues, por Meylin Ubilla</gallery>
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