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The second choice were unused or rarely travelled '''minor dirt roads'''. Such often neglected roads typically provide access to isolated settlements or villages without atracting any transit traffic. Some of these roads are not maintained anymore and not accessible by vehicle but passable for hikers. Most hiking trails in Europe would fall in this category since the majortiy of hiking trails in Europe are occasinally used by forestry and agricultureal vehicles.
'''Paved roads''' were the last choice of all.
In some areas the Greater Patagonian Trail crosses through open terrain without a visible trail. Some of these '''cross-country''' routes lead through steep and exposed terrain but do not require technical climbing. The cross-country parts also do not pass very dense vegetation and can be hiked without a machete to cut a trail. Valdivian and Magellanic temperate rainforests is very dense and is not suitable for hiking cross-country.
Not all hiking options are recorded yet by GPS since the author investigated the Greater Patagonian Trail with a packraft. There is also a shorter part that could not be hiked at all because one area was closed at the time of the investigation due to a large wild fire. These '''to be verified''' trails may therefore be imprecisely shown in this trail description and by the KMZ files but the author has reliable information that these trails exist.