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

id = "yosemite-high-route"
name = "Yosemite High Route"
short_name = "YHR"
country = "US"
regions = ["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"
publisher = "Andrew Skurka (publishes the route)"
publisher_url = "https://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/"
url = "https://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/"
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://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/, read 2026-11-10)."
attribution = "none (no line included)"
osm_only = false
mainline = "No track is included; the creator withholds the recommended track."
source_checked = "2026-11-10"
redistributable = true
line_source = "none (no line included)"
line_file = ""
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
note = "Not recorded: the route's creator does not publish a track."

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

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

[route]
creator = "Andrew Skurka"
line_policy = "sold"
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."
creator_words_url = "https://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/"
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]]
title = "Yosemite High Route Guide"
author = "Andrew Skurka"
access = "purchase"
url = "https://andrewskurka.com/product/yosemite-high-route-guide/"
format = "PDF guidebook, annotated map set, datasheets, rudimentary GPX"
price = "$25.00"
price_checked = "2026-11-10"