Howdy Y'all, In my spare time (of which I have quite a bit as I search for a job) I've been working on a mountaineering web site. Just trying to combine my...
hi, i am just starting to plan my trip this summer and am trying to gauge how long it will take. i am planning on using some of Ray Jardine's Go Lite...
Have you hiked in the Sierra before to know what you average in miles/day? In any case, I would say "generally" that 2 weeks is strenuous and 4 is leisurely. ...
does the group have a file, or recommended text on the trail? drop-off and pick-up points, water, etc.? ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by...
Mark, Water wont be a problem anywhere on the JMT that a couple of hours of hiking cant take care of. You'll find plenty of cool, clear, and sweet water all...
I do not know of such a file. I hiked the JMT in 13 days last year. REI sells Guide to the John Muir Trail by Thomas Winnett & Kathy Morey. I found it very...
I resupplied by mailing myself a package to Red's Meadow Resort, Vermillion Valley Resort and Muir Trail Ranch. You can find their web sites by doing a Google...
JMT Thru-Hikers Past and Future, I've finally compiled my 700 or so photos from last year's hike (Big Yo Valley to Whitney) into 4 web albums. Each photo has...
I am planning to do the JMT during the summer of 2005 with llamas, all of which are seasoned packers. I'll be hiking from the north beginning in mid July, so...
I have not hiked the JMT end to end tho I have hiked most of it...not Glen pass tho so maybe somebody else can advise about it. And, I have never llama packed,...
It does help, thanks. I've gone from the valley to Vermillion with no trouble, but south of that is unfamiliar. Mike ... __________________________________ Do...
Hey I just received an email saying that I have been accepted into the John Muir trail groups. My freind and I want to do the trail early May 12 to June 4....
Glad you got it all worked out, you will have a blast!!!! Dee ... the John Muir trail groups. My freind and I want to do the trail early May 12 to June 4. We...
Now that's what I call getting an early start! If you start from Yosemite you'll probably have the whole trail to yourselves. It's about 90 miles to Vermilion...
I called the owner earlier and he told me to call back in early May to see if the resort would be open. If we cut through Goodale Pass and took the Goodale...
Regarding maps of the JMT, I highly recommend the John Muir Trail Map Pack, which is readily available at most backpacking/outdoor specialty stores as well as...
You might want to check the map mileage again. On mine, the resort is at least 10-miles, one-way, from the JMT on the Goodale pass trail and about 6 or ...
Is it hard to find the bear lockers on the JMT trail? For the permit for Mt Whitney it said to carry bear canisters. So I wonder if I should buy a couple...
You can rent bear canisters for cheap, I think it was $3.00 per trip, from the national parks. I don't know about the Forest Service though. ... === message...
The bear lockers are at all the established campgrounds and somewhere on the web is a complete list. I will try to dig the website out. But bear canisters are...
Grrr, you can't see it cuz of Yahoo's advertisement... I'll wrap it around so you can see it all. www.nps.gov/seki/snrm/wildlife/ wildlife_data/lockers.rtf ......
Bear lockers are located on the far southern portion of the trail around Onion Valley where the bears are "bad bears." Personally I have never seen a bear on ...
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