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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 the local settlers to serve their purposes. This makes the GPT so authentic and diverse but also so inconsistent and challenging in parts.
====Land Routes==='''Horse or Hiking <u>Trails</u> (TL)===='''
When planning the Greater Patagonian Trail the first choice were the horse trails 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 the solitary of the Andes.
[[File:GPT Trail Type H+P.png|thumb|1050px|left|Greater Patagonian Trail: Trail Type Composition (Hiking and Packrafting where most beneficial)]]
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===Track Relevance or Function===
====Regular Route====
To be issued.
====Optional Route====
To be issued.
===Track Reliability or Direction===
====Validated/Verified Land Route====
====Approximate Land Route (BB, CC)====
====Investigation Land Route====
====Two-Way Water Route (LK, FJ, FY)====
====One-Way Water Route (RI, FY)====
To be issued.
==Zones and Sections of GPT==