Person-defined routeLine policy: Unclear
Great Basin Trail GBT
By Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva, 2019 · Nevada, United States
- Published length
- 1,931 km1,200 minearly 1,200 mi, per the creator
- Measured line
- Not measuredNo line was downloaded and measured
- Line
- Record onlyThe reason is given below
- Line policy
- UnclearWhether the creator shares the line is not settled
No map is drawn: the dataset holds no line for this route, and does not guess one.
The route
- Creator
- Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva
- First published
- 2019
- Line policy
- UnclearWhether the creator shares the line is not settled
I developed the GBT in late 2019 as a passion project looking for the most isolated place I could find in the Lower 48 states.
Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva The creator’s words
Read on https://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail.
- Line policy: OpenThe creator publishes the line freely. A line is included only where the creator's terms allow passing it on, or where OpenStreetMap carries the route as a route relation. Otherwise get it from the creator.
- Line policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set. No line is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
- Line policy: WithheldThe creator chooses not to publish a line. No line is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
- Line policy: UnclearWhether the creator shares the line is not settled. No line is included until it is settled.This route
About the route
Through the Great Basin of Nevada, south and west across the basin-and-range, linking remote ranges, canyons and desert plateaus. The article written by the creator offers no map or GPX, and his own site no longer resolves.
The record
- Kind
- Person-defined routeWorked out and published by a person or a small group: a high route, a traverse or a loop of linked trails
- Designation
- Person-defined route (Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva, 2019); no agency or association
- Tier
- RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
- Listing
- First setIn the first set of trails
- Where
- NV (Nevada), United States
- Published length
- 1,931 km1,200 minearly 1,200 mi, per the creator. A check value, not measured from the line.
- Short name
- GBT
- Record ID
great-basin-trailStable: the directory name, never changed
Source and licence
- Source status
- NoneNo source of a line
- Publisher
- Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva (publishes the route)
- Publisher’s page
- https://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail
- Main line
- No line is included; no developer-published map or GPX was found.How the main line is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
- Licence
- None stated
- Source checked
- 2026-11-10
What the source says
No line is included, so no source licence applies to a line. This record names the creator and the page its facts were read on (https://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail, read 2026-11-10).
With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.
OpenStreetMap
- Note
- Not recorded: whether the creator shares the line is not settled.
Logo
No logo. No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark.
Corrections
If you made this route
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Every field of the record, with its exact value
As stored in trail.toml. The record schema says what each field means.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
id | great-basin-trail |
name | Great Basin Trail |
short_name | GBT |
country | US |
regions[0] | NV |
length_km | 1931 |
length_note | nearly 1,200 mi, per the creator |
kind | route |
tier | regional |
designation | Person-defined route (Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva, 2019); no agency or association |
wave | 1 |
source.status | none |
source.publisher | Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva (publishes the route) |
source.publisher_url | https://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail |
source.url | https://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail |
source.format | No line included |
source.crs | EPSG:4326 |
source.licence | none-stated |
source.licence_text | No line is included, so no source licence applies to a line. This record names the creator and the page its facts were read on (https://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail, read 2026-11-10). |
source.attribution | none (no line included) |
source.osm_only | false |
source.mainline | No line is included; no developer-published map or GPX was found. |
source.source_checked | 2026-11-10 |
source.redistributable | true |
source.line_source | none (no line included) |
source.line_file | "" |
source.line_absent_reason | Whether the creator shares the line is not settled: no map or GPX of his was found, and his own site no longer resolves. The article is where the route is described. |
osm.relation | 0 |
osm.note | Not recorded: whether the creator shares the line is not settled. |
shield.status | no-logo-exists |
shield.logo_source | "" |
shield.contact | Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva |
shield.note | No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark. |
shield.logo_file | "" |
shield.logo_owner | Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva |
verification.verified | false |
verification.note | No line to measure. |
route.creator | Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva |
route.year | 2019 |
route.line_policy | unclear |
route.creator_words | I developed the GBT in late 2019 as a passion project looking for the most isolated place I could find in the Lower 48 states. |
route.creator_words_url | https://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail |
route.note | Through the Great Basin of Nevada, south and west across the basin-and-range, linking remote ranges, canyons and desert plateaus. The article written by the creator offers no map or GPX, and his own site no longer resolves. |
guide[0].title | Great Basin Trail article |
guide[0].author | Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva |
guide[0].access | free |
guide[0].url | https://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail |
guide[0].format | web article; no map or GPX offered |