Person-defined routeTrack policy: Unclear
Circle of Solitude CoS
By Mike White · California, United States
- Published length
- 109 km68 miabout 68 mi, per the route description; another figure on the same page gives 71.4 mi
- Measured track
- Not measuredNo track was downloaded and measured
- Track
- Record onlyThe reason is given below
- Track policy
- UnclearWhether the creator shares the track is not settled
No map is drawn: the dataset holds no track for this route, and does not guess one.
The route
- Creator
- Mike White
- First published
- Not recordedNo page read states a year
- Track policy
- UnclearWhether the creator shares the track is not settled
- Track policy: OpenThe creator publishes the track freely. A track 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.
- Track policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set. No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
- Track policy: WithheldThe creator chooses not to publish a track. No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
- Track policy: UnclearWhether the creator shares the track is not settled. No track is included until it is settled.This route
About the route
A loop from Road's End in Kings Canyon that circles the Great Western Divide and the Kings-Kern Divide by Avalanche Pass, Colby Pass and Forester Pass. Mike White named and described it in his Wilderness Press guide; no page of the author's was found, and no statement about a track.
The record
- Kind
- Person-defined routeWorked out and published by a person or a small group: a high route, a traverse or a loop of linked trails
- Designation
- Person-defined route (Mike White); no agency or association
- Tier
- RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
- Listing
- First setIn the first set of trails
- Where
- CA (California), United States
- Published length
- 109 km68 miabout 68 mi, per the route description; another figure on the same page gives 71.4 mi. A check value, not measured from the track.
- Short name
- CoS
- Record ID
circle-of-solitudeStable: the directory name, never changed
Source and licence
- Source status
- NoneNo source of a track
- Publisher
- Wilderness Press (publishes the route in the guidebook)
- Main track
- No track is included; whether the creator shares one is not settled.How the main track is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
- Licence
- None stated
- Source checked
- 2026-11-10
What the source says
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://shop.adventurewithkeen.com/wilderness-press/, read 2026-11-10).
With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.
OpenStreetMap
- Note
- Not recorded: whether the creator shares the track is not settled.
Logo
No logo. No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark.
Corrections
If you made this route
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- HistoryChanges to this record on GitHub
Every field of the record, with its exact value
As stored in trail.toml. The record schema says what each field means.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
id | circle-of-solitude |
name | Circle of Solitude |
short_name | CoS |
country | US |
regions[0] | CA |
length_km | 109 |
length_note | about 68 mi, per the route description; another figure on the same page gives 71.4 mi |
kind | route |
tier | regional |
designation | Person-defined route (Mike White); no agency or association |
wave | 1 |
source.status | none |
source.publisher | Wilderness Press (publishes the route in the guidebook) |
source.url | https://shop.adventurewithkeen.com/wilderness-press/ |
source.format | No line included |
source.crs | EPSG:4326 |
source.licence | none-stated |
source.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://shop.adventurewithkeen.com/wilderness-press/, read 2026-11-10). |
source.attribution | none (no line included) |
source.osm_only | false |
source.mainline | No track is included; whether the creator shares one is not settled. |
source.source_checked | 2026-11-10 |
source.redistributable | true |
source.line_source | none (no line included) |
source.line_file | "" |
source.line_absent_reason | Whether the creator shares the track 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. |
osm.relation | 0 |
osm.note | Not recorded: whether the creator shares the track is not settled. |
shield.status | no-logo-exists |
shield.logo_source | "" |
shield.contact | Mike White |
shield.note | No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark. |
shield.logo_file | "" |
shield.logo_owner | Mike White |
verification.verified | false |
verification.note | No line to measure. |
route.creator | Mike White |
route.line_policy | unclear |
route.note | A loop from Road's End in Kings Canyon that circles the Great Western Divide and the Kings-Kern Divide by Avalanche Pass, Colby Pass and Forester Pass. Mike White named and described it in his Wilderness Press guide; no page of the author's was found, and no statement about a track. |
guide[0].title | Kings Canyon National Park |
guide[0].author | Mike White |
guide[0].access | purchase |
guide[0].url | https://shop.adventurewithkeen.com/wilderness-press/ |
guide[0].format | book; the publisher's Wilderness Press page, as the book's own page was not found |
guide[0].publisher | Wilderness Press |