This guide from a JMT thru-hiker provides key information to help you tackle and complete the 211+ mile trek from Yosemite Valley to the top of Mt Whitney. The John Muir Trail is not the longest ...

The John Muir Trail is very popular and, because it is very popular ... during the first couple of days (higher if you plan to take the 2-mile detour to the top of Mount Whitney). Your body can and ...

The John Muir Trail, or JMT, hovers around 8,000 feet of elevation for most of its 211 miles through California's Sierra Nevada range. Here's how to start planning your thru hike.

The John Muir Trail is 210 miles of breathtaking landscape in California's Sierra Nevadas that begins in Yosemite Valley and ends at the top of Mount Whitney. The record for covering the trail is ...

Permits are required on the John Muir Trail, and a ranger will likely ask to see yours at some point along the route. Landing a permit is very competitive ... en route to the top.

In the second week of August, I went backpacking on the John Muir Trail. The idea was that Bee ... which stretches from Yosemite Valley to the top of Mount Whitney, and whether it changed them ...

It's also why so many who set foot on the John Muir Trail in the ... hiked over and through. NEW TRAIL:Take a fun, rugged trip through a Sierra Nevada pass The top of the pass was a great spot ...

It wasn't my first time: From the Colorado Trail to the Arizona Trail, I had managed to topple FKTs by making a plan and sticking to it. But the the John Muir Trail ... to the top as the first ...

An iconic trail in Yosemite is closed indefinitely after hundreds of boulders fell on it, national park officials said in a statement. The substantial rockfall occurred April 15 and covered the ...