Person-defined routeTrack policy: Withheld

Sky Islands Traverse SIT

By Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree"), 2011 · Arizona, United States

Published length: 837 km520 mi520 mi, per the creator
Measured track: Not measuredNo track was downloaded and measured
Track: Record onlyThe reason is given below
Track policy: WithheldThe creator chooses not to publish a track

Record only

The creator does not publish a track

The creator has taken the detail down and asks people not to follow the exact layout; no track is included. The route is described on the creator's page.

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: Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree")
First published: 2011
Track policy: WithheldThe creator chooses not to publish a track

We're not actively encouraging others to hike the exact route layout as described, and are less interested in fielding specific questions about planning and hiking it. On a route as undeveloped as this, your hike should be your decision and responsibility, and this information should only serve as a catalyst for having a rewarding and ultimately unique journey.

Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree") The creator’s words

Read on http://simblissity.net/skit.shtml.

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.
Track policy: WithheldThe creator chooses not to publish a track. No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.This route
Track policy: UnclearWhether the creator shares the track is not settled. No track is included until it is settled.

About the route

Through ten sky-island ranges of southeast Arizona, from the Dragoons to the Chiricahuas. The creator walked it in spring 2010 and published the description in March 2011; the detailed information has been withdrawn.

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 (Brett Tucker, 2011); no agency or association
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Where: AZ (Arizona), United States
Published length: 837 km520 mi520 mi, per the creator. A check value, not measured from the track.
Short name: SIT
Record ID: sky-islands-traverseStable: the directory name, never changed

Source and licence

Source status: NoneNo source of a track
Publisher: Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree"), who publishes the route
Publisher’s page: http://simblissity.net/skit.shtml
Source: http://simblissity.net/skit.shtml
Main track: No track is included; the creator has taken the detail down.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 (http://simblissity.net/skit.shtml, 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: sky-islands-traverse. 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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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`	sky-islands-traverse
`name`	Sky Islands Traverse
`short_name`	SIT
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	AZ
`length_km`	837
`length_note`	520 mi, per the creator
`kind`	route
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Person-defined route (Brett Tucker, 2011); no agency or association
`wave`	1
`source.status`	none
`source.publisher`	Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree"), who publishes the route
`source.publisher_url`	http://simblissity.net/skit.shtml
`source.url`	http://simblissity.net/skit.shtml
`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 (http://simblissity.net/skit.shtml, read 2026-11-10).
`source.attribution`	none (no line included)
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	No track is included; the creator has taken the detail down.
`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 has taken the detail down and asks people not to follow the exact layout; no track is included. The route is described on the creator's page.
`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`	Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree")
`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`	Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree")
`verification.verified`	false
`verification.note`	No line to measure.
`route.creator`	Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree")
`route.year`	2011
`route.line_policy`	withheld
`route.creator_words`	We're not actively encouraging others to hike the exact route layout as described, and are less interested in fielding specific questions about planning and hiking it. On a route as undeveloped as this, your hike should be your decision and responsibility, and this information should only serve as a catalyst for having a rewarding and ultimately unique journey.
`route.creator_words_url`	http://simblissity.net/skit.shtml
`route.note`	Through ten sky-island ranges of southeast Arizona, from the Dragoons to the Chiricahuas. The creator walked it in spring 2010 and published the description in March 2011; the detailed information has been withdrawn.
`guide[0].title`	Sky Islands Traverse page
`guide[0].author`	Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree")
`guide[0].access`	free
`guide[0].url`	http://simblissity.net/skit.shtml
`guide[0].format`	web page; the detailed information is withdrawn