Sierra Grand Traverse SGT

The route

Creator

John and Monica Chapman

First published

2023

Track policy

SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set

1. 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.
2. Track policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set. No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.This route
3. Track policy: WithheldThe creator chooses not to publish a track. No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
4. Track policy: UnclearWhether the creator shares the track is not settled. No track is included until it is settled.

About the route

From Tuolumne Meadows to Horseshoe Meadows, mostly off the Pacific Crest Trail, over 41 passes. The authors set out in 2019 and took three years of research; the book was published on 15 March 2023 and its maps and elevation profiles are the 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 (John and Monica Chapman, 2023); 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

322 km200 mi200 mi and 41 passes, per the guidebook's description in the article. A check value, not measured from the track.

Short name

SGT

Record ID

sierra-grand-traverseStable: the directory name, never changed

Source and licence

Source status

NoneNo source of a track

Publisher

John and Monica Chapman (publishes the route)

Publisher’s page

https://www.john.chapman.name/pub-sierra.html

Source

https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/sierra-grand-traverse-an-epic-route-across-the-range-of-light

Main track

No track is included; the track is the book's maps.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://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/sierra-grand-traverse-an-epic-route-across-the-range-of-light, 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 track.

Logo

No logo. No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark.

Corrections

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