Cambios

In the south The southern terminus of the GPT currently ends (or starts) stands at the shore of Lago Viedma on the eastern edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. There are attractive and suitable trails and packraft routes south of Lago Viedma but there are three logistical challenges that currently impede a feasible and continuous southern extension of the GPT without significant road walking:

* There is no ferry service over Lago Viedma. This lake is also far to too wind-exposed and therefore to my current knowledge to too dangerous to be packrafted.* There is no legal border crossing between Argentina and Chile on the prospective routes (between Lago Argentino and Torres del Paine). There seams seems to be a legal way to apply for a special expedition permit but this seems utterly complicated and I know nobody who did thisreceived the permit.* Hiking in Torres del Paine became very restrictive and requires i.e. reservations for camp sites that must be made several months in advance what which is not practical for such an unpredictable long distance hike.

I have an approximate route in my mind and I already reserved section numbers (GPT41 to GPT50) for this southbound extension to the most southern continental point of Americas: Cabo ForwardFroward. But for now this is not on the top of my agenda. Before personally focusing on a further extension I wish to consolidate the GPT between Santiago and Lago Viedma by investigating relevant optional routes and updating the trail documentation.