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==Prolog==
[[File:GPT01-P0115.jpg|thumb|500px|right|GPT06: The volcanos Descabezado Grande and Cerro Azul with the Laguna Caracol to their feet. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT06-P0005.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT11: Araucaria trees in the Pehuenche homeland. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT13-P0028.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT18: Cross Country walking on volcanic ash at Cordon Caulle after recent eruption. File: Jan Dudeck]]
The Greater Patagonian Trail (GPT) is a long-distance route network in the southern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes Andes] that spans from the outskirts of Santiago all the way to southern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia Patagonia].
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. 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 on the Greater Patagonian Trail.
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==Introduction and General Information==
[[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]]
[[File:GPT_Settler_(2).jpg|thumb|500px|GPT22: Discussing route options with settlers at the Río Puelo. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT08-Arriero.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT09: Arriero at the base of the Vulcano Antuco. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT10-Peuenche.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT09: Being guest at a Pehuenche family: Fresh milk, fresh cheese, fresh meat! Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT07-Laguna_del_Maule.jpg|thumb|right|500px|GPT07: Horse riding with Danilo and Jito (the founder and horse riding guide of [http://www.chile-horseriding.com/ www.chile-horseriding.com]) at the dormant Supervolcano Laguna del Maule. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT09-Laguna_de_las_Lajas.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT09: Circling the volcano Antuco. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT18-Lago_Pirihueco.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT18: Camping at the shore of Lago Pirihueco. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT28P-Ferry.jpg|thumb|right|500px|GPT28P: Patagonian fjords seen from the ferry on the way from Raul Marin Balmaceda to Puerto Chacabuco. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
[[File:GPT_Manual.jpg|thumb|500px|GPT Hiker's Manual]]
===Statements about the GPT by Hikers and Packrafters===
1 Introduction and General Information,
2 Terrain and Section Information and
3 Appendix and Indices.
Chapter 1 provides a general overview and a good under¬standing understanding of the nature of the GPT. You should be read the entire chapter 1 thoroughly if you consider hiking on this route network because this part of the Hiker’s Manual guides you through your preparation.
The Hiker’s Manual is currently not available on paper but only as a PDF document. It is designed to be read on a computer or on a smartphone while being online or offline. Therefore, it is issued in the screen-friendly 9:16 page format with letters large enough to be still reasonable readable on a small smart phone screen. When reading this document best use full screen slide mode in landscape orienta¬tion. Normal vertical scrolling is less practical. Install a suit¬able suitable app on your smartphone if needed.
Updates and additions are now made first in the Hiker’s Manual and not in the Wikiexplora article. Therefore, the last published version of the Hiker’s Manual is the most current and com¬prehen¬sive docu¬ment comprehensive document available to the GPT. Note the publish date on the cover page in the right bottom corner and check occasionally for updates.
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==Update in Progress==
I have written most of this trail description in 2015. Since then we returned twice to Patagonia to hike and paddle the southern extension all the way to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and we investigated various alternative routes in the northern and central area of this trail. Other hikers have walked the northern extension to Santiago and contributed with GPS records to refine the regular route and numerous optional side tracks. With this the GPT has doubled in length to approximately 3000 km and the number and length of all the additional options has growing exponentially.
Email of author: gpt.jan.dudeck@gmail.com
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[[File:GPT13-P0083resize.jpg|thumb|right|1050px1200px|GPT19: On the crater rim of the volcano Puyehue. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
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The Greater Patagonian Trail is not a hiking trail.
'''All this makes the GPT a discovery network with a good portion of unpredictability but impressive authenticity.'''
===Trail Length and Trail Type Composition===
The Greater Patagonian Trail is not a normal single line long distance trail but a wide discovery trail network with countless options and alternatives. Therefore the actual length that someone may walk and paddle depends highly on the selected sections, the chosen route and the method of travel (hiking only, packrafting wherever possible or a balanced combination of both). Also a further extension of the trail towards the southern tip of the continent is in preparation. For this reason there is no precise number for the trail length and only examples can be provided.
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[[File:GPT19-Cordon Caulle.jpg|thumb|right|1050px1200px|GPT19: Cordon Caulle where a major volcanic eruption occurred in 2011. Image: Jan Dudeck]]
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[[File:Pat_map.PNG|thumb|400px|Limits of Patagonia. Image: [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia Wikipedia]]]
| Chile
| Region Metropolitano (V)
| Published and Verified To be Recorded by GPS
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| Region O'Higgins (VI) Maule (VII)
| Published and Verified
| [[Alto_Huemul]]
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| GPT05
| Maule (VII)
| Published and Verified
| [[Travesía de los Volcanes]]
|-
| GPT06
| Maule (VII)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT_6:_Volcán_Descabezado]]. See also: [[Sendero del Cóndor extendido]] and [[Travesía de los Volcanes]]
|-
| GPT07
| Maule (VII) Bío Bío (VIII)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 7: Laguna Dial]]
|-
| GPT08
| Bío Bío (VIII)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 10: Laguna El Barco]]
|-
| GPT11
| Bío Bío (VIII) Araucanía (IX)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 11: Cerro Dedos]]
|-
| GPT12
| Araucanía (IX)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT12: Río Rahue]]
|-
| GPT13
| Araucanía (IX)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 14: Laguna Icalma and Volcán Sollipulli]]
|-
| GPT14
| Araucanía (IX)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 14: Laguna Icalma and Volcán Sollipulli]]
|-
| GPT15
| Araucanía (IX)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 15: Curarrehue]]
|-
| GPT16
| Araucanía (IX) Los Ríos (XIV)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 16: Volcán Quetrupillan]]
|-
| GPT17H
| Los Ríos (XIV)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 17 (trekking): Liquiñe]]
|-
| GPT17P
| Los Ríos (XIV)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 18: Lago Pirihueico]]
|-
| GPT19
| Los Ríos (XIV) Los Lagos (X)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 19: Volcán Puyehue]]
|-
| GPT20
| Los Lagos (X)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 20: Volcán Antillanca]]
|-
| GPT21
| Los Lagos (X)
| Published and Verified
| [[GPT 21: Lago Todos Los Santos]]
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| GPT22
|-
| GPT25H
| Aldea Escolar
| E
| Argentina
|-
| GPT27P
| Alto Río Palena
| F
| Chile
| Chile
| Aysén (XI)
| Published To be and Verified BY EXPERTS ONLY
|
|-
| Aysén (XI)
| Published and Verified
| [[Travesia Correntoso - El Rosado]]
|-
| GPT30P
| Chile
| Aysén (XI)
| Published To be and Verified BY EXPERTS ONLY
|
|-
| Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut
| Published and Verified but currently unmaintained by Argentine government. Additional connections with GPT to be planned.
| [[Huella Andina]]
|}
