Person-defined routes
Routes
34 routes worked out and published by a person or a small group.
What a person-defined route is
Person-defined routes are listed too, at the same 50-mile floor. A person-defined route is one that a person or a small group worked out and published: a high route, a traverse, or a loop of linked trails. Its record names the creator and says where the route is got from the creator: the guidebook, map set or page, and whether it is free or sold. Whether a line is included follows the creator's choice:
- The creator sells the route, or chooses not to publish a line: the record has no line. No line is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
- The 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 the record points to the creator's own download.
- Not settled: the record has no line until it is.
The four line policies
- 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.
See the routes in the trail finder, or read a route below.
Routes by creator
Each route links to its record; its guides link out to the creator's or publisher's page.
34 records
- Line in the dataset
- Record only; the note says why
- Route line policy: Line policy: Open Line policy: Sold Line policy: Withheld Line policy: Unclear
Alan Dixon and Don Wilson
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Person-defined route
Southern Sierra High Route SoSHR
By Alan Dixon and Don Wilson, 2014
CA United States
- Length
- 161 km100 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The creators publish the line for download; no licence that allows passing it on is stated. Get it from the creators' page.
Guides
- Southern Sierra High Route (SoSHR) guide Free · web route description with waypoints and timetable PDF
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Person-defined route
Wind River High Route (Dixon and Wilson line) WRHR-DW
By Alan Dixon and Don Wilson
WY United States
- Length
- 129 km80 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The creators publish the line for download; no licence that allows passing it on is stated. Get it from the creators' page.
Guides
- Wind River High Route guide Free · PDF mapset and route description, waypoints and timetable PDF
Amy and James (Doing Miles)
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- Length
- 249 km155 mi
- Line
- LineLine policy: OpenGeoJSON, GPXOpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0
Guides
- Big SEKI Loop Route Guide Free · web route guide with a CalTopo map
Andrew Skurka
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- Length
- 200 km124 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route is sold as a guide whose complete topographic map set is the line, and no track is published. Get the line from the Kings Canyon High Basin Route Guide.
Guides
- Kings Canyon High Basin Route Guide Purchase · PDF guidebook, data sheets, complete topographic map set · $25.00 (read 2026-11-10)
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- Length
- 124 km77 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route is sold as a guide whose recommended line is deliberately not drawn. Get the line from the Pfiffner Traverse Guide.
Guides
- Pfiffner Traverse Guide Purchase · planning information, route descriptions, data sheets, annotated topographic map set · $25.00 (read 2026-11-10)
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- Length
- 156 km97 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route is sold as a guide and its recommended line is withheld, so the GPX sold with it has no track. Get the line from the Wind River Range High Route Guide.
Guides
- Wind River Range High Route Guide Purchase · PDF guidebook, PDF map set, datasheets, limited GPX · $25.00 (read 2026-11-10)
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- Length
- 261 km162 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route is sold as a guide and the recommended line is deliberately not drawn on its maps. Get the line from the Yosemite High Route Guide.
Guides
- Yosemite High Route Guide Purchase · PDF guidebook, annotated map set, datasheets, rudimentary GPX · $25.00 (read 2026-11-10)
Andrew Skurka and Ryan Jordan
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- Length
- 11,064 km6,875 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Withheld
Why there is no line: The creator chooses not to publish a line, and says so: there is no route, so it must be made on your own. The route is described in the free route description on his page.
Guides
- Great Western Loop route description Free · web page: route description, itinerary, gear lists
- Great Western Loop and Sea-to-Sea Route Slideshows Purchase · slideshow on disk (not a route line)
Aria Zoner
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- Length
- 3,896 km2,421 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route is sold as a guidebook, and no line is published. Get the line from The Hot Springs Trail: Official Guidebook.
Guides
- The Hot Springs Trail: Official Guidebook Purchase · book
Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree")
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- Length
- 805 km500 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route's GPS tracks are part of a sold bundle. Get the line from the Mogollon Rim Trail Mapset & Resource Bundle.
Guides
- Mogollon Rim Trail Mapset & Resource Bundle Purchase · PDF mapset, data book, town guide, GPS tracks
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Person-defined route
Sky Islands Traverse SIT
By Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree"), 2011
AZ United States
- Length
- 837 km520 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Withheld
Why there is no line: The creator has taken the detail down and asks people not to follow the exact layout; no line is included. The route is described on the creator's page.
Guides
- Sky Islands Traverse page Free · web page; the detailed information is withdrawn
Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree") and collaborators
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Person-defined route
Northern New Mexico Loop NNML
By Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree") and collaborators
NM United States
- Length
- 805 km500 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route's GPS tracks are part of a sold bundle. Get the line from the Northern New Mexico Loop Mapset & Resource Bundle.
Guides
- Northern New Mexico Loop Mapset & Resource Bundle Purchase · PDF mapset, data book, GPS tracks and waypoints
Brian Lucido
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- Length
- 93 km58 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The creator publishes the line for download; no licence that allows passing it on is stated. Get it from the creator's page.
Guides
- Sequoia Great Western Divide Loop route page Free · web page with an exportable route map (GPX)
Desert Trail Association, with the route scouted by Russel Pengely, D. W. "Old Creosote" Tomer and Steve Tabor
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Person-defined route
Desert Trail DT
By Desert Trail Association, with the route scouted by Russel Pengely, D. W. "Old Creosote" Tomer and Steve Tabor, 1972
- Length
- 2,552 km1,586 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Unclear
Why there is no line: Whether the creator shares the line is not settled: the official page offers no map, GPX or guide, and states no position. The site is where the route is described.
Guides
- Desert Trail site Free · web page; no map, GPX or guide offered
Donovan "Iceman" Rice
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- Length
- 3,219 km2,000 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The creator publishes the line for download; no licence that allows passing it on is stated. Get it from the creator's page.
Guides
- Great Colorado Route route page and GPX Free · GPX and an interactive CalTopo map
Erik Schlimmer
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- Length
- 391 km243 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route is sold as a book and map set, and no track is offered. Get the line from Blue Line to Blue Line.
Guides
- Blue Line to Blue Line, with a map set Purchase · book and map set
Greater Hells Canyon Council
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Person-defined route
Blue Mountains Trail BMT
By Greater Hells Canyon Council, 2021
OR United States
- Length
- 853 km530 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The council sends the maps and databook free after a signed waiver, and states no licence that allows passing the line on. Ask the council for it through its maps page.
Guides
- Blue Mountains Trail Caltopo maps and Databook Free · CalTopo maps and a databook, sent after a signed waiver
Joe Mitchell and Mike Coronella
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- Length
- 1,287 km800 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route is sold as a guidebook; the site publishes free section overview maps only, and no line is included. Get the line from The Hayduke Trail guidebook.
Guides
- The Hayduke Trail: A Guide to the Backcountry Hiking Trail on the Colorado Plateau Purchase · book · $19.95 (read 2026-11-10)
John and Monica Chapman
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- Length
- 322 km200 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route is sold as a guidebook whose maps and elevation profiles are the line, and no track is published. Get the line from Sierra Grand Traverse.
Guides
- Sierra Grand Traverse: An Epic Route Across the Range of Light Purchase · book with topographic maps and elevation profiles · $24.95 (read 2026-11-10)
Kevin "LarryBoy" DeVries
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- Length
- 1,609 km1,000 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The creator gives the maps and GPX free after proof of a day of manual trail maintenance, and states no licence that allows passing the line on. Get it from the guide page.
Guides
- A Complete Guide to the Deseret Hiking Route Free · guide, maps, data book and GPX, sent after proof of a day of trail work
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- Length
- 4,344 km2,699 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: 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.
Guides
- A Complete Guide to the Deseret Hiking Route Free · guide, maps, data book and GPX for the middle section, sent after proof of a day of trail work
Liz Thomas
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- Length
- 455 km283 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The creator publishes the route description and invites replication, but offers no track and states no licence for passing a line on. The overview is where the route is described.
Guides
- Wasatch Traverse overview Free · web route overview with statistics and a map list
Luc Mehl and Sarah Histand
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- Length
- 1,609 km1,000 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The creator publishes detailed route descriptions and maps but no track file, and states no licence for passing a line on. Get the route from the trip reports.
Guides
- Brooks Range Traverse trip reports Free · web trip reports, route descriptions and maps
M. J. Eberhart (trail name Nimblewill Nomad)
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Person-defined route
Eastern Continental Trail ECT
By M. J. Eberhart (trail name Nimblewill Nomad)
FL AL GA TN NC VA WV MD PA NJ NY CT MA VT NH ME QC NB NL United States
- Length
- 7,081 km4,400 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The route is a link-up of published trails with no whole line of its own: OpenStreetMap carries only two of its roadwalk segments, 55.0 km in south Florida and 344.3 km in Alabama. Each linked trail's own record here has its line.
Guides
- Eastern Continental Trail Guide, 2010 (archived) Free · guide, archived; his books page is the page to ask on
Mike White
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- Length
- 109 km68 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Unclear
Why there is no line: Whether the creator shares the line is not settled: no page of the author's or the publisher's for the book was found. The route is described in the guidebook Kings Canyon National Park.
Guides
- Kings Canyon National Park Purchase · book; the publisher's Wilderness Press page, as the book's own page was not found
Ron Strickland
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- Length
- 12,513 km7,775 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The route is a network of existing published trails with no whole line of its own, and no C2C line or GPX was found. The overview page is where the route is described.
Guides
- Sea-to-Sea Route overview and route description Free · web pages
- Great Western Loop and Sea-to-Sea Route Slideshows Purchase · slideshow on disk (not a route line)
Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva
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- Length
- 1,931 km1,200 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Unclear
Why there is no line: 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.
Guides
- Great Basin Trail article Free · web article; no map or GPX offered
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- Length
- 5,632 km3,500 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: No track or map is offered on the creator's page, and no licence is stated; the loop is a link-up of four published trails. The archived page is where it is described.
Guides
- Vagabond Loop route description (archived) Free · web page, archived; the domain no longer resolves
Steve Myers (Great Plains Trail Alliance)
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- Length
- 3,540 km2,200 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The alliance publishes the route as an online map with no GPX and no licence that allows passing the line on, and the OpenStreetMap relation of this name is a 0.46-mile path in Missouri, not this route. Get the line from the alliance's map page.
Guides
- Great Plains Trail map Free · online map
Steve Roper
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- Length
- 314 km195 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route's line is sold as a guidebook and map set, and no track is published, deliberately. Get the line from the Sierra High Route guidebook.
Guides
- Sierra High Route, 2nd Edition: Traversing Timberline Country Purchase · book
- Sierra High Route Mapset & Databook Purchase · map set with breadcrumbs (not a continuous line)
the author of the SeekingLost blog
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Person-defined route
Sawtooth Wilderness High Route SWHR
By the author of the SeekingLost blog, 2017
ID United States
- Length
- 143 km89 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The creator publishes the line for download; no licence that allows passing it on is stated. Get it from the creator's page.
Guides
- Sawtooth Wilderness High Route trip report and GPX Free · web trip report with a GPX download and a CalTopo map
Thomas Winnett
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- Length
- 299 km186 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route's line is in a bought guidebook, and no creator track was found. Get the line from the book The Tahoe–Yosemite Trail.
Guides
- The Tahoe–Yosemite Trail Purchase · book; the publisher's Wilderness Press page, as the book's own page was not found
Wilderness Mindset
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- Length
- 145 km90 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Sold
Why there is no line: The route is sold as a map pack that includes its GPX track. Get the line from the Beartooth High Route Map Pack.
Guides
- Beartooth High Route Map Pack Purchase · PDF map set, route description, data set with campsites, GPX · $20.00 (read 2026-11-10)
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- Length
- 127 km79 mi
- Line
- Record onlyLine policy: Open
Why there is no line: The route is published as a description and map with no GPX and no licence that allows passing a line on. Get it from the route page.
Guides
- The Chinese Wall Circuit route page Free · web route description and interactive map