Person-defined routeTrack policy: Sold

Yosemite High Route YHR

By Andrew Skurka · California, United States

Published length: 261 km162 mi125 to 162 mi for a thru-hike, per the guide; the core route is 94 mi (151 km)
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 is sold as a guide and the recommended track is deliberately not drawn on its maps. Get the track from the Yosemite High Route Guide.

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

A recommended line of travel has NOT been drawn onto the maps. Hey, I didn't want to steal your fun by telling you exactly where to go.

Andrew Skurka The creator’s words

Read on https://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/.

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

A route around the upper headwaters of the Tuolumne and Merced Rivers inside Yosemite National Park; the core route is 94 miles, 70 percent of it off-trail. The guide's status is dated January 2022; the first definition is not dated.

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 (Andrew Skurka); 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: 261 km162 mi125 to 162 mi for a thru-hike, per the guide; the core route is 94 mi (151 km). A check value, not measured from the track.
Short name: YHR
Record ID: yosemite-high-routeStable: the directory name, never changed

Source and licence

Source status: NoneNo source of a track
Publisher: Andrew Skurka (publishes the route)
Publisher’s page: https://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/
Source: https://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/
Main track: No track is included; the creator withholds the recommended track.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://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/, 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: yosemite-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`	yosemite-high-route
`name`	Yosemite High Route
`short_name`	YHR
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	CA
`length_km`	261
`length_note`	125 to 162 mi for a thru-hike, per the guide; the core route is 94 mi (151 km)
`kind`	route
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Person-defined route (Andrew Skurka); no agency or association
`wave`	1
`source.status`	none
`source.publisher`	Andrew Skurka (publishes the route)
`source.publisher_url`	https://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/
`source.url`	https://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/
`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://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/, read 2026-11-10).
`source.attribution`	none (no line included)
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	No track is included; the creator withholds the recommended track.
`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 is sold as a guide and the recommended track is deliberately not drawn on its maps. Get the track from the Yosemite High Route Guide.
`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`	Andrew Skurka
`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`	Andrew Skurka
`verification.verified`	false
`verification.note`	No line to measure.
`route.creator`	Andrew Skurka
`route.line_policy`	sold
`route.creator_words`	A recommended line of travel has NOT been drawn onto the maps. Hey, I didn't want to steal your fun by telling you exactly where to go.
`route.creator_words_url`	https://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/
`route.note`	A route around the upper headwaters of the Tuolumne and Merced Rivers inside Yosemite National Park; the core route is 94 miles, 70 percent of it off-trail. The guide's status is dated January 2022; the first definition is not dated.
`guide[0].title`	Yosemite High Route Guide
`guide[0].author`	Andrew Skurka
`guide[0].access`	purchase
`guide[0].url`	https://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/
`guide[0].format`	PDF guidebook, annotated map set, datasheets, rudimentary GPX
`guide[0].price`	$25.00
`guide[0].price_checked`	2026-11-10