Person-defined routeTrack policy: Open

Sawtooth Wilderness High Route SWHR

By the author of the SeekingLost blog, 2017 · Idaho, United States

Published length: 143 km89 mi89 mi planned, per the trip report; the hike recorded was 67 mi (108 km)
Measured track: Not measuredNo track was downloaded and measured
Track: Record onlyThe reason is given below
Track policy: OpenThe creator publishes the track freely

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Sawtooth Wilderness High Route trip report and GPX

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The route

Creator: the author of the SeekingLost blog
First published: 2017
Track policy: OpenThe creator publishes the track freely

Download GPX file of this hike

the author of the SeekingLost blog The creator’s words

Read on https://seekinglost.com/sawtooth-wilderness-high-route-8-day-solo-hike-aug-2017/.

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.This route
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.

About the route

Planned as 89 miles with over 50 miles off-trail from Tin Cup Trailhead; the hike recorded in August 2017 was 67 miles. The 89-mile plan is not published as 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 (the author of the SeekingLost blog, 2017); no agency or association
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Where: ID (Idaho), United States
Published length: 143 km89 mi89 mi planned, per the trip report; the hike recorded was 67 mi (108 km). A check value, not measured from the track.
Short name: SWHR
Record ID: sawtooth-wilderness-high-routeStable: the directory name, never changed

Source and licence

Source status: NoneNo source of a track
Publisher: the author of the SeekingLost blog (publishes the route)
Publisher’s page: https://seekinglost.com/sawtooth-wilderness-high-route-8-day-solo-hike-aug-2017/
Source: https://seekinglost.com/sawtooth-wilderness-high-route-8-day-solo-hike-aug-2017/
Main track: No OpenStreetMap route relation for the route was found on 2026-11-10, and the creator's terms for passing the track on are not stated.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://seekinglost.com/sawtooth-wilderness-high-route-8-day-solo-hike-aug-2017/, read 2026-11-10).

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

OpenStreetMap

Note: No route relation found when searched on 2026-11-10. Five relations match "Sawtooth", and none is this route.

Logo

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Field	Value
`id`	sawtooth-wilderness-high-route
`name`	Sawtooth Wilderness High Route
`short_name`	SWHR
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	ID
`length_km`	143
`length_note`	89 mi planned, per the trip report; the hike recorded was 67 mi (108 km)
`kind`	route
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Person-defined route (the author of the SeekingLost blog, 2017); no agency or association
`wave`	1
`source.status`	none
`source.publisher`	the author of the SeekingLost blog (publishes the route)
`source.publisher_url`	https://seekinglost.com/sawtooth-wilderness-high-route-8-day-solo-hike-aug-2017/
`source.url`	https://seekinglost.com/sawtooth-wilderness-high-route-8-day-solo-hike-aug-2017/
`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://seekinglost.com/sawtooth-wilderness-high-route-8-day-solo-hike-aug-2017/, read 2026-11-10).
`source.attribution`	none (no line included)
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	No OpenStreetMap route relation for the route was found on 2026-11-10, and the creator's terms for passing the track on are not stated.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-10
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	none (no line included)
`source.line_file`	""
`source.line_absent_reason`	The creator publishes the track for download; no licence that allows passing it on is stated. Get it from the creator's page.
`osm.relation`	0
`osm.note`	No route relation found when searched on 2026-11-10. Five relations match "Sawtooth", and none is this route.
`shield.status`	no-logo-exists
`shield.logo_source`	""
`shield.contact`	the author of the SeekingLost blog
`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`	the author of the SeekingLost blog
`verification.verified`	false
`verification.note`	No line to measure.
`route.creator`	the author of the SeekingLost blog
`route.year`	2017
`route.line_policy`	open
`route.creator_words`	Download GPX file of this hike
`route.creator_words_url`	https://seekinglost.com/sawtooth-wilderness-high-route-8-day-solo-hike-aug-2017/
`route.note`	Planned as 89 miles with over 50 miles off-trail from Tin Cup Trailhead; the hike recorded in August 2017 was 67 miles. The 89-mile plan is not published as a track.
`guide[0].title`	Sawtooth Wilderness High Route trip report and GPX
`guide[0].author`	the author of the SeekingLost blog
`guide[0].access`	free
`guide[0].url`	https://seekinglost.com/sawtooth-wilderness-high-route-8-day-solo-hike-aug-2017/
`guide[0].format`	web trip report with a GPX download and a CalTopo map