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

id = "route-in-between"
name = "Route In Between"
short_name = "RIB"
country = "US"
regions = ["AZ", "UT", "ID"]
length_km = 4344
length_note = "no total is stated on the route's page; 4,344 km (about 2,700 mi) is the sum of the three trails it links (Arizona 1,287 km, Deseret 1,609 km, Idaho Centennial 1,448 km)"
kind = "route"
tier = "regional"
designation = "Person-defined route (Kevin \"LarryBoy\" DeVries, 2019); no agency or association"
wave = 1

[source]
status = "none"
publisher = "Kevin \"LarryBoy\" DeVries (publishes the route)"
publisher_url = "http://www.lbhikes.com/2019/12/dhr.html"
url = "http://www.lbhikes.com/p/a-complete-guide-to-deseret-hiking-route.html"
format = "No line included"
crs = "EPSG:4326"
licence = "none-stated"
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 (http://www.lbhikes.com/p/a-complete-guide-to-deseret-hiking-route.html, read 2026-11-10)."
attribution = "none (no line included)"
osm_only = false
mainline = "No line is included; only the middle third has a creator line."
source_checked = "2026-11-10"
redistributable = true
line_source = "none (no line included)"
line_file = ""
line_absent_reason = "Only the middle third has a creator line, in the Deseret Hiking Route guide; the two end trails are published separately and have their own records here. Get the middle section from the guide page."

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

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

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

[route]
creator = "Kevin \"LarryBoy\" DeVries"
year = 2019
line_policy = "open"
creator_words = "The combined AZT-DHR-ICT (collectively, the Route In Between, or RIB) offers hikers the opportunity to walk from Mexico to Canada through oft-overlooked terrain."
creator_words_url = "http://www.lbhikes.com/2019/12/dhr.html"
note = "A link-up of the Arizona Trail, the Deseret Hiking Route and the Idaho Centennial Trail, from Mexico to Canada through Arizona, Utah and Idaho. The creator walked it in 2019; only the middle third has a creator line."

[[guide]]
title = "A Complete Guide to the Deseret Hiking Route"
author = "Kevin \"LarryBoy\" DeVries"
access = "free"
url = "http://www.lbhikes.com/p/a-complete-guide-to-deseret-hiking-route.html"
format = "guide, maps, data book and GPX for the middle section, sent after proof of a day of trail work"