Person-defined routeLine policy: Sold

Kings Canyon High Basin Route KCHBR

By Andrew Skurka · California, United States

Published length: 200 km124 mi124 mi, per the product page
Measured line: Not measuredNo line was downloaded and measured
Line: Record onlyThe reason is given below
Line policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set

Record only

The line is sold as a guide

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.

No line is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.

See where to get the route

No map is drawn: the dataset holds no line for this route, and does not guess one.

The route

Creator: Andrew Skurka
First published: Not recordedNo page read states a year
Line policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set

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.This route
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.

About the route

A loop around the upper watershed of the Kings River in Sequoia and Kings Canyon, from Lodgepole to Road's End, two-thirds off-trail over 16 passes. The guide is a guidebook, route descriptions, data sheets and a complete topographic map set; no GPX is listed.

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 (Andrew Skurka); 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: 200 km124 mi124 mi, per the product page. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: KCHBR
Record ID: kings-canyon-high-basin-routeStable: the directory name, never changed

Source and licence

Source status: NoneNo source of a line
Publisher: Andrew Skurka (publishes the route)
Publisher’s page: https://andrewskurka.com/product/kings-canyon-high-basin-route-guide/
Source: https://andrewskurka.com/product/kings-canyon-high-basin-route-guide/
Main line: No line is included; the line is in the guide.How the main line is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Licence: None stated
Source checked: 2026-11-10

What the source says

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 (https://andrewskurka.com/product/kings-canyon-high-basin-route-guide/, read 2026-11-10).

With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.

OpenStreetMap

Note: Not recorded: the route's creator does not publish a line.

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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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`	kings-canyon-high-basin-route
`name`	Kings Canyon High Basin Route
`short_name`	KCHBR
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	CA
`length_km`	200
`length_note`	124 mi, per the product page
`kind`	route
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Person-defined route (Andrew Skurka); no agency or association
`wave`	1
`source.status`	none
`source.publisher`	Andrew Skurka (publishes the route)
`source.publisher_url`	https://andrewskurka.com/product/kings-canyon-high-basin-route-guide/
`source.url`	https://andrewskurka.com/product/kings-canyon-high-basin-route-guide/
`source.format`	No line included
`source.crs`	EPSG:4326
`source.licence`	none-stated
`source.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 (https://andrewskurka.com/product/kings-canyon-high-basin-route-guide/, read 2026-11-10).
`source.attribution`	none (no line included)
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	No line is included; the line is in the guide.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-10
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	none (no line included)
`source.line_file`	""
`source.line_absent_reason`	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.
`osm.relation`	0
`osm.note`	Not recorded: the route's creator does not publish a line.
`shield.status`	no-logo-exists
`shield.logo_source`	""
`shield.contact`	Andrew Skurka
`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`	Andrew Skurka
`verification.verified`	false
`verification.note`	No line to measure.
`route.creator`	Andrew Skurka
`route.line_policy`	sold
`route.note`	A loop around the upper watershed of the Kings River in Sequoia and Kings Canyon, from Lodgepole to Road's End, two-thirds off-trail over 16 passes. The guide is a guidebook, route descriptions, data sheets and a complete topographic map set; no GPX is listed.
`guide[0].title`	Kings Canyon High Basin Route Guide
`guide[0].author`	Andrew Skurka
`guide[0].access`	purchase
`guide[0].url`	https://andrewskurka.com/product/kings-canyon-high-basin-route-guide/
`guide[0].format`	PDF guidebook, data sheets, complete topographic map set
`guide[0].price`	$25.00
`guide[0].price_checked`	2026-11-10