The Rush Creek Wilderness Trail is possibly the
world's first computationally derived, unofficial
public wilderness trail. The trail was first
"discovered" by a computer algorithm called a "virtual
hiker" (a feature of the C5 Landscape Database API)
that traversed the backcountry of California. The
results produced a tracklog that can be uploaded to a
GPS device and then followed by a real hiker through
the actual landscape. Phase 1 of the trail (From the
Rush Creek Wilderness Trailhead to Rush Creek Spring)
was opened by Brett Stalbaum December 27th and 28th of
2005. Phase 2 of the trail (Rush Creek Spring to the
De Facto Rush Creek Trail Terminus) was opened by
Stalbaum and Paula Poole June 19th-21st of 2006.

The trail provides beautiful views of the Great Basin
desert environment, plentiful wildlife viewing
opportunities, solitude, and the unique experience of
comparing the wayfinding abilities of a computer
algorithm to your own wayfinding skills and intuition.
For safety, backcountry experience is required.

Info:
http://www.paintersflat.net/rush\_creek/

GPS Data:
http://www.paintersflat.net/rush\_creek/data.html

Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docidd20463550697768755


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