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

id = "great-colorado-route"
name = "Great Colorado Route"
short_name = "GCR"
country = "US"
regions = ["CO"]
length_km = 3219
length_note = "2,000 mi, per the site"
kind = "route"
tier = "regional"
designation = "Person-defined route (Donovan \"Iceman\" Rice, 2026); no agency or association"
wave = 1

[source]
status = "none"
publisher = "Donovan \"Iceman\" Rice (publishes the route)"
publisher_url = "https://www.greatcoloradoroute.com"
url = "https://www.greatcoloradoroute.com/route"
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.greatcoloradoroute.com/route, 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 the site states no licence that allows passing the track on."
source_checked = "2026-11-10"
redistributable = true
line_source = "none (no line included)"
line_file = ""
line_absent_reason = "The creator publishes the track for download; no licence that allows passing it on is stated. Get it from the creator's page."

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

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

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

[route]
creator = "Donovan \"Iceman\" Rice"
year = 2026
line_policy = "open"
creator_words = "The Great Colorado Route GPX is available for free download. Though donations are by no means expected, any donation ... is greatly appreciated"
creator_words_url = "https://www.greatcoloradoroute.com/route"
note = "Across Colorado in 32 sections, with off-trail travel and scrambling, and 364,000 feet of gain. The data came from the creator's 2026 thru-hike scouting. The site's terms of use say the GPS files are provided for informational purposes only, and state no reuse licence."

[[guide]]
title = "Great Colorado Route route page and GPX"
author = "Donovan \"Iceman\" Rice"
access = "free"
url = "https://www.greatcoloradoroute.com/route"
format = "GPX and an interactive CalTopo map"