# Long-trail record. Field meanings: docs/schema.md in this repository.

id = "sierra-high-route"
name = "Sierra High Route"
short_name = "SHR"
country = "US"
regions = ["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"
publisher = "Steve Roper (publishes the route)"
publisher_url = "https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/sierra-high-route-2nd-edition-traversing-timberline-country"
url = "https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/sierra-high-route-2nd-edition-traversing-timberline-country"
format = "No line included"
crs = "EPSG:4326"
licence = "none-stated"
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)."
attribution = "none (no line included)"
osm_only = false
mainline = "No track is included; the track is in the guidebook."
source_checked = "2026-11-10"
redistributable = true
line_source = "none (no line included)"
line_file = ""
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
note = "Not recorded: the route's creator does not publish a track."

[shield]
status = "no-logo-exists"
logo_source = ""
contact = "Steve Roper"
note = "No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark."
logo_file = ""
logo_owner = "Steve Roper"

[verification]
verified = false
note = "No line to measure."

[route]
creator = "Steve Roper"
line_policy = "sold"
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."
creator_words_url = "https://andrewskurka.com/adventures/sierra-high-route/maps-mapping/"
creator_words_by = "Andrew Skurka"
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]]
title = "Sierra High Route, 2nd Edition: Traversing Timberline Country"
author = "Steve Roper"
access = "purchase"
url = "https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/sierra-high-route-2nd-edition-traversing-timberline-country"
format = "book"
publisher = "Mountaineers Books"
isbn = "978-0-89886-506-6"

[[guide]]
title = "Sierra High Route Mapset & Databook"
author = "Andrew Skurka"
access = "purchase"
url = "https://andrewskurka.com/product/sierra-high-route-map-set-databook/"
format = "map set with breadcrumbs (not a continuous track)"