2008 JOHN MUIR TRAIL

[friendowl]

Happy Isles 0 4,035
Mist Trail 1.0 4,550
Panorama Trail 3.3 5,950
Little Yosemite Valley 4.7 6,150
Half Dome Trail 6.2 7,000
Clouds Rest Trail 6.7 7,200
Merced Lake Trail 8.6 8,100
Forsyth Trail 8.7 8,150
Sunrise Camp 13.7 9,400

Echo Creek Trail 14.7 9,450
Cathedral Pass 15.7 9,700
Cathedral Lake Trail 17.8 9,500
Tuolumne Meadows Trail 20.8 8,550
Glen Aulin Trail 22.3 8,600
Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station 23.9 8,700

Parker Pass Trail 24.7 8,700
Rafferty Creek Trail 25.6 8,750
Vogelsang Pass Trail 29.8 8,800
Lyell Fork Base Trail 32.8 9,000
Lyell Fork Bridge 34.0 9,700
Lyell Headwaters 34.8 10,200
Donohue Pass 36.7 11,050

Marie Lakes Trail 39.0 10,030
Rush Creek Trail 39.8 9,600
Island Pass 41.0 10,200
Thousand Island Lake 43.0 9,834
Garnet Lake 44.7 9,680
Ediza Lake Trail 47.6 9,030
Shadow Creek Trail Bridge 49.2 8,750
Rosalie Lake 50.2 9,350
Gladys Lake 50.9 9,600
Lower Trinity Lake 52.7 9,180
Johnston Meadow 54.7 8,120
Mammoth Trail 56.2 7,550
Devil's Postpile National Monument 56.6 7,550
Red's Meadow 57.3 7,600

Mammoth Pass Trail #1 58.7 8,700
Crater Meadow 60.0 8,900
Mammoth Pass Trail #2 61.1 8,900
Deer Creek 63.1 9,200
Duck Creek 68.3 10,100
Purple Lake 70.7 9,900
Lake Virginia 72.4 10,300
Tully Hole 74.4 9,500
Cascade Valley Trail 75.6 9,100
Goodale Pass Trail 78.3 10,300
Silver Pass 79.9 10,900

Silver Pass Lake 80.5 10,350
North Fork of Mono Creek 83.5 8,900
Mono Pass Trail 84.9 8,300
Mono Creek Bridge 86.5 7,700
Bear Ridge 91.1 9,950
Bear Creek Trail 93.2 8,800
Italy Pass Trail 95.5 9,250
East Fork Lakes Trail 96.7 9,500
Marie Lake 99.3 10,600
Selden Pass 100.6 10,870

Heart Lake 101.3 10,490
Sally Keyes Lake 102.1 10,200
Senger Creek 104.3 9,700
Shortcut to Blayney Meadows 106.4 8,400
Blayney Meadows Trail 108.1 7,800
Piute Pass 109.8 8,050
Aspen Meadow 111.3 8,300
Bridge over South Fork, San Joaquin River 112.6 8,350
Goddard Canyon Bridge 113.4 8,450
Evolution Meadow 115.4 9,200
McClure Meadow 117.4 9,600
Colby Meadow 118.4 9,800
Evolution Lake 121.9 10,850
Evolution Creek 125.5 10,400
Muir Pass 127.7 11,955

Helen Lake 128.7 11,595
Little Pete Meadow 134.5 8,800
Bishop Pass Trail 135.0 8,700
Grouse Meadows 138.2 8,200
Palisade Creek 139.2 8,000
Deer Meadow 142.7 8,700
Palisade Lake 145.7 10,650
Mather Pass 149.7 12,080

Taboose Pass Trail 155.1 10,000
Bench Lake Trail 156.2 11,000
Lake Marjorie 157.7 11,200
Pinchot Pass 159.2 12,100

Twin Lakes 162.3 10,560
South Fork Trail 166.8 8,500
Rae Lakes 172.3 10,500
Dragon Lake Trail 173.3 10,550
Sixty Lakes Basin Trail 173.6 10,550
Glen Pass 175.6 11,980

Glen Pass Lake 176.4 11,500
Kearsarge Pass Trail 177.9 10,800
Bubbs Creek Trail 180.1 9,600
center Basin Trail 183.6 10,500
Forester Pass 187.1 13,200

Lake South America Trail 191.4 11,160
Shepherd Pass Trail 192.1 10,930
Wright Creek 198.0 10,790
Wallace Creek 199.1 10,400
Crabtree Meadows Ranger Station 203.6 10,700
Creek to Guitar Lake 205.7 11,600
Mt Whitney Trail 209.6 13,500
Mt Whitney 211.9 14,495

Trail Crest 214.2 13,600
Trail Camp 216.4 12,040
Outpost Camp 219.0 10,600
Lone Pine Lake 220.0 9,960
Whitney Portal 222.4

[friendowl]

trail is very very easy to follow
what seems to work out best
is every night we have a designated camp spot
everyone meets there at there own pace

two five gallon paint buckets with lids from home depot cost like 5.00 each
or just mail one drop and carry the rest
finding out what foods work for you is not easy
at home i eat a lot but on trail i dont.

the hard part of planning would be the final section
from muir trail ranch to whitney
about 100 miles worth of food is a lil heavy

if we do finish the hike
i will treat my partners to
beers and burgers and whitney portal grill

[friendowl]

Hiking the John Muir Trail

[geonagual]

It would be cool if we could get food dropped in by airplane for the last part...not really a whole bunch of options..I read where they can bring your drop by horseback at a designated spot..$400..damn, thats alot..

[CanaDanKs Inc.]

so there's a 100 mile stretch wher no food will be available to pick up?
hhmmm, we might have to hunt some shit on the way

really though, that's going to be a bitch haha

[geonagual]

here is a great quote

Lyell canyon (between Tuolumne Meadows and Donahue Pass) has an especially bad bear problem. Avoid camping in this 11-mile section of the trail if you want to keep your food.

[CanaDanKs Inc.]

hahahah, that's awesome! Maybe we should set up traps to scare off the bears around our camps :P

[submarine]

here is a great quote

Lyell canyon (between Tuolumne Meadows and Donahue Pass) has an especially bad bear problem. Avoid camping in this 11-mile section of the trail if you want to keep your food.

bear hangs man. they will keep your food safe. you just can't keep any food in your tent in bear country. plus if i am not mistaken the bears in the area WE WILL :] be hiking only have black bears which arent anywhere near as dangerous or scary as grizzly bears.

nothing to really worry about.

[friendowl]

lyell canyon is beautiful
flat the whole way
lots of swimming holes
looks like a post card
awesome campspot at the end of lyell canyon just before donahue pass

its easy to carry 7 days worth of food in the bear cannister
7 days at 15 miles a day=105 miles
we can starve a lil bit..it'll make the burgers taste that much better

[Dr.Hashman]

I wanted to do the whole JMT this last summer but I was only able to do Mt. Whitney with my mom. It was a great hike, not too much mountaineering involved sadly. I hope all goes well!

ps. Use some bear bags for your pot!