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

id = "continental-divide"
name = "Continental Divide National Scenic Trail"
short_name = "CDT"
country = "US"
regions = ["NM", "CO", "WY", "ID", "MT"]
length_km = 4989
length_note = "about 3,100 mi published"
tier = "national"
designation = "National Scenic Trail (1978)"
wave = 1
inclusion = "nst-unconditional"

[source]
status = "verified"
publisher = "Continental Divide Trail Coalition (CDTC)"
url = "https://services8.arcgis.com/WyuHwdftppQLa5KO/arcgis/rest/services/Continental_Divide_Trail_2/FeatureServer/0"
discovery = "arcgis-layer-edit-date: GET <layer>?f=json and read editingInfo.dataLastEditDate (and the feature count); fetch again when either changes (last edit 2026-11-05)."
format = "ArcGIS FeatureServer layer, 7 features"
crs = "not stated in the layer (ask for outSR=4326)"
licence = "CC-BY"
licence_text = "The source item's licence field reads 'CC BY' (version not stated). Treated here as Creative Commons Attribution; credit: Continental Divide Trail Coalition. The version should be confirmed with the Coalition before reuse that needs a named version. Source: https://services8.arcgis.com/WyuHwdftppQLa5KO/arcgis/rest/services/Continental_Divide_Trail_2/FeatureServer/0 (read 2026-11-09)."
attribution = "Continental Divide Trail Coalition"
osm_only = false
mainline = "'Label' separates 'CDT Primary Route' (4 features), 'CDT Chief Mountain Route' and 'CDT Tonahutu Creek Route' (alternates), and one feature labelled 'Great Divide Trail' (the Canadian link; belongs to the GDT record)."
source_checked = "2026-11-08"
redistributable = true
line_source = "Continental Divide Trail Coalition (CDTC)"
line_file = "line.geojson"

[osm]
relation = 921198
note = "OSM has relation 921198 (4,988 km) and four state sections."

[shield]
status = "use-real-logo"
logo_source = "https://continentaldividetrail.org/"
contact = "Continental Divide Trail Coalition (continentaldividetrail.org); USFS CDNST administrator"
note = "No logo policy found. The official emblem of a National Scenic Trail is a federal insignia (18 U.S.C. 701; Federal Register notices of 2000-03-28 cover Ice Age, North Country and Natchez Trace; status for the others not confirmed). Use needs the administering agency's permission."
logo_file = "shield.png"
logo_owner = "Continental Divide Trail Coalition (continentaldividetrail.org); USFS CDNST administrator"

[verification]
verified = true
date = "2026-11-08"
measured_km = 4891.2
difference_percent = -2.0
parts = 1
note = "The 'CDT Primary Route' features join into 1 track, 4,891.2 km, 2.0% short of 4,989 km. alternates.geojson holds the Chief Mountain and Tonahutu routes and the one feature labelled Great Divide Trail (57.5 km)."

[hike]
summary = "The Continental Divide Trail runs along the spine of the Rocky Mountains from the Mexican border in New Mexico to the Canadian border in Montana, through Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho. It crosses remote, challenging country, and many alternate routes exist. About 160 miles of the trail are still incomplete."
official_url = "https://cdtcoalition.org/"
start = "Mexican border, New Mexico"
end = "Canadian border, Montana"
shape = "point-to-point"
days = [150, 210]
high_point = "Grays Peak"
high_point_m = 4352
terrain = ["alpine"]
travel = "trail"
permit = "No single permit covers the whole trail; permits are needed area by area, for example in Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks and on Blackfeet land."
unfinished = "About 160 miles of the trail are still incomplete."
checked = "2026-11-13"

[[hike.source]]
url = "https://cdtcoalition.org/"
publisher = "Continental Divide Trail Coalition"
facts = ["official_url", "summary", "start", "end", "shape", "terrain", "unfinished"]

[[hike.source]]
url = "https://cdtcoalition.org/explore-the-trail/thruhiking/"
publisher = "Continental Divide Trail Coalition"
facts = ["summary", "days", "permit", "travel"]

[[hike.source]]
url = "https://cdtcoalition.org/colorado-14ers-on-the-cdt/"
publisher = "Continental Divide Trail Coalition"
facts = ["high_point"]