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[[File:Minor_Road.jpg|thumb|500px|Minor Road on GPT16. File: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:Cross_Country.jpg|thumb|500px|Cross Country route on GPT1 near Las Monjas. File: Jan Dudeck]]
Hardly any of the trails of the GPT was made or especially prepared for hiking. 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 inconsitent and challanging in parts.
When planning the Greater Patagonian Trail the first choice were the '''Horse or Hiking Trails (TL)''' that traverse the remote valleys and mountain passes in the heart of the Andes close to the border between Chile and Argentina. Most of these trails are created and maintained by local herdsmen to drive livestock to their summer pastures and by settlers that live in solitary.