# Long-trail record. Field meanings: docs/schema.md in this repository.

id = "brooks-range-traverse"
name = "Brooks Range Traverse"
short_name = "BRT"
country = "US"
regions = ["AK"]
length_km = 1609
length_note = "about 1,000 mi in three parts, per the trip reports: 400 mi (Gates of the Arctic, 2016), 275 mi (Arctic Refuge, 2017) and 325 mi (western Brooks, 2019)"
kind = "route"
tier = "regional"
designation = "Person-defined route (Luc Mehl and Sarah Histand, 2016); no agency or association"
wave = 1

[source]
status = "none"
publisher = "Luc Mehl and Sarah Histand (publishes the route)"
publisher_url = "https://thingstolucat.com/brooks-range-traverse/"
url = "https://thingstolucat.com/brooks-range-traverse/"
format = "No line included"
crs = "EPSG:4326"
licence = "none-stated"
licence_text = "No track is included, so no source licence applies to a track. This record names the creator and the page its facts were read on (https://thingstolucat.com/brooks-range-traverse/, read 2026-11-10)."
attribution = "none (no line included)"
osm_only = false
mainline = "No OpenStreetMap route relation for the route was found on 2026-11-10, and no track file was found."
source_checked = "2026-11-10"
redistributable = true
line_source = "none (no line included)"
line_file = ""
line_absent_reason = "The creator publishes detailed route descriptions and maps but no track file, and states no licence for passing it on. Get the route from the trip reports."

[osm]
relation = 0
note = "No route relation found when searched on 2026-11-10."

[shield]
status = "no-logo-exists"
logo_source = ""
contact = "Luc Mehl and Sarah Histand"
note = "No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark."
logo_file = ""
logo_owner = "Luc Mehl and Sarah Histand"

[verification]
verified = false
note = "No line to measure."

[route]
creator = "Luc Mehl and Sarah Histand"
year = 2016
line_policy = "open"
creator_words = "The Brooks Range, from Kivalina to Kaktovik, in three parts."
creator_words_url = "https://thingstolucat.com/brooks-range-traverse/"
note = "From Kivalina to Kaktovik in three parts, walked in 2016, 2017 and 2019, with friends on the first two legs. Hiking and packrafting: much of it is float. The trip reports give routes, maps and photos, but no GPX link."

[[guide]]
title = "Brooks Range Traverse trip reports"
author = "Luc Mehl"
access = "free"
url = "https://thingstolucat.com/brooks-range-traverse/"
format = "web trip reports, route descriptions and maps"