Person-defined routeTrack policy: Sold

Tahoe–Yosemite Trail TYT

By Thomas Winnett, 1970 · California, United States

Published length: 299 km186 mi186 mi, per the encyclopedia article
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 in a bought guidebook, and no creator GPX was found. Get the track from the book The Tahoe–Yosemite Trail.

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: Thomas Winnett
First published: 1970
Track policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set

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

From Meeks Bay on Lake Tahoe to Tuolumne Meadows, mixing maintained trail, road walks, unmaintained trail and cross-country. Winnett's book first appeared in 1970 and ran to five editions, the last in 1987; the route stayed unofficial.

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 (Thomas Winnett, 1970); 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: 299 km186 mi186 mi, per the encyclopedia article. A check value, not measured from the track.
Short name: TYT
Record ID: tahoe-yosemite-trailStable: the directory name, never changed

Source and licence

Source status: NoneNo source of a track
Publisher: Wilderness Press (publishes the route in the guidebook)
Source: https://shop.adventurewithkeen.com/wilderness-press/
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://shop.adventurewithkeen.com/wilderness-press/, 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

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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`	tahoe-yosemite-trail
`name`	Tahoe–Yosemite Trail
`short_name`	TYT
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	CA
`length_km`	299
`length_note`	186 mi, per the encyclopedia article
`kind`	route
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Person-defined route (Thomas Winnett, 1970); no agency or association
`wave`	1
`source.status`	none
`source.publisher`	Wilderness Press (publishes the route in the guidebook)
`source.url`	https://shop.adventurewithkeen.com/wilderness-press/
`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://shop.adventurewithkeen.com/wilderness-press/, read 2026-11-10).
`source.attribution`	none (no line included)
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	No track is included; the track is the book's maps.
`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 in a bought guidebook, and no creator GPX was found. Get the track from the book The Tahoe–Yosemite Trail.
`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`	Thomas Winnett
`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`	Thomas Winnett
`verification.verified`	false
`verification.note`	No line to measure.
`route.creator`	Thomas Winnett
`route.year`	1970
`route.line_policy`	sold
`route.note`	From Meeks Bay on Lake Tahoe to Tuolumne Meadows, mixing maintained trail, road walks, unmaintained trail and cross-country. Winnett's book first appeared in 1970 and ran to five editions, the last in 1987; the route stayed unofficial.
`guide[0].title`	The Tahoe–Yosemite Trail
`guide[0].author`	Thomas Winnett
`guide[0].access`	purchase
`guide[0].url`	https://shop.adventurewithkeen.com/wilderness-press/
`guide[0].format`	book; the publisher's Wilderness Press page, as the book's own page was not found
`guide[0].publisher`	Wilderness Press
`guide[0].isbn`	0-89997-084-2