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

id = "great-basin-trail"
name = "Great Basin Trail"
short_name = "GBT"
country = "US"
regions = ["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"
publisher = "Ryan \"Dirtmonger\" Sylva (publishes the route)"
publisher_url = "https://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail"
url = "https://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail"
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://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail, read 2026-11-10)."
attribution = "none (no line included)"
osm_only = false
mainline = "No track is included; no developer-published map or GPX was found."
source_checked = "2026-11-10"
redistributable = true
line_source = "none (no line included)"
line_file = ""
line_absent_reason = "Whether the creator shares the track 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
note = "Not recorded: whether the creator shares the track is not settled."

[shield]
status = "no-logo-exists"
logo_source = ""
contact = "Ryan \"Dirtmonger\" Sylva"
note = "No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark."
logo_file = ""
logo_owner = "Ryan \"Dirtmonger\" Sylva"

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

[route]
creator = "Ryan \"Dirtmonger\" Sylva"
year = 2019
line_policy = "unclear"
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."
creator_words_url = "https://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail"
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]]
title = "Great Basin Trail article"
author = "Ryan \"Dirtmonger\" Sylva"
access = "free"
url = "https://www.gossamergear.com/blogs/our-blog/great-basin-trail"
format = "web article; no map or GPX offered"