Person-defined routeTrack policy: Sold

Sierra High Route SHR

By Steve Roper · California, United States

Published length: 314 km195 mi195 mi, per Mountaineers Books
Measured track: Not measuredNo track was downloaded and measured
Track: Record onlyThe reason is given below
Track policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set

Record only

The track is sold as a guide

The route's track is sold as a guidebook and map set, and no GPX is published, deliberately. Get the track from the Sierra High Route guidebook.

No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.

See where to get the route

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

The route

Creator: Steve Roper
First published: Not recordedNo page read states a year
Track policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set

No, there is not, intentionally. I would encourage you to ask yourself whether you need or want one. If you need one, the SHR is probably not the right route for you.

Andrew Skurka Not the creator’s words

Read on https://andrewskurka.com/adventures/sierra-high-route/maps-mapping/.

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.This route
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

Roper conceived and pioneered the route; the guidebook's second edition is dated April 1997, and the first edition is not dated on the pages read. The words quoted are Andrew Skurka's, not Roper's; Roper's own statement on tracks was not found.

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 (Steve Roper); 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: 314 km195 mi195 mi, per Mountaineers Books. A check value, not measured from the track.
Short name: SHR
Record ID: sierra-high-routeStable: the directory name, never changed

Source and licence

Source status: NoneNo source of a track
Publisher: Steve Roper (publishes the route)
Publisher’s page: https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/sierra-high-route-2nd-edition-traversing-timberline-country
Source: https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/sierra-high-route-2nd-edition-traversing-timberline-country
Main track: No track is included; the track is in the guidebook.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-high-route-2nd-edition-traversing-timberline-country, 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

If you made this route

A route’s creator can ask for its record to be corrected or removed, and the record will be corrected or removed. Say which route: sierra-high-route. See About.

This record is a text file anyone can correct. Please say where a correction can be checked: a source page, a map, or a measured track.

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Edit this recordThe record file (trail.toml) on GitHub
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`	sierra-high-route
`name`	Sierra High Route
`short_name`	SHR
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	CA
`length_km`	314
`length_note`	195 mi, per Mountaineers Books
`kind`	route
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Person-defined route (Steve Roper); no agency or association
`wave`	1
`source.status`	none
`source.publisher`	Steve Roper (publishes the route)
`source.publisher_url`	https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/sierra-high-route-2nd-edition-traversing-timberline-country
`source.url`	https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/sierra-high-route-2nd-edition-traversing-timberline-country
`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://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/sierra-high-route-2nd-edition-traversing-timberline-country, read 2026-11-10).
`source.attribution`	none (no line included)
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	No track is included; the track is in the guidebook.
`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's track is sold as a guidebook and map set, and no GPX is published, deliberately. Get the track from the Sierra High Route guidebook.
`osm.relation`	0
`osm.note`	Not recorded: the route's creator does not publish a track.
`shield.status`	no-logo-exists
`shield.logo_source`	""
`shield.contact`	Steve Roper
`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`	Steve Roper
`verification.verified`	false
`verification.note`	No line to measure.
`route.creator`	Steve Roper
`route.line_policy`	sold
`route.creator_words`	No, there is not, intentionally. I would encourage you to ask yourself whether you need or want one. If you need one, the SHR is probably not the right route for you.
`route.creator_words_url`	https://andrewskurka.com/adventures/sierra-high-route/maps-mapping/
`route.creator_words_by`	Andrew Skurka
`route.note`	Roper conceived and pioneered the route; the guidebook's second edition is dated April 1997, and the first edition is not dated on the pages read. The words quoted are Andrew Skurka's, not Roper's; Roper's own statement on tracks was not found.
`guide[0].title`	Sierra High Route, 2nd Edition: Traversing Timberline Country
`guide[0].author`	Steve Roper
`guide[0].access`	purchase
`guide[0].url`	https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/sierra-high-route-2nd-edition-traversing-timberline-country
`guide[0].format`	book
`guide[0].publisher`	Mountaineers Books
`guide[0].isbn`	978-0-89886-506-6
`guide[1].title`	Sierra High Route Mapset & Databook
`guide[1].author`	Andrew Skurka
`guide[1].access`	purchase
`guide[1].url`	https://andrewskurka.com/product/sierra-high-route-map-set-databook/
`guide[1].format`	map set with breadcrumbs (not a continuous track)