Miles: Tuolumne Meadows to Reds Meadow John Muir Trail

3 Routes
There are three routes South from 1000 Island Lake back to Civilization, and resupply at Reds and/or Mammoth Lakes. These are the JMT, the PCT and the River Trail. Below on this page are the miles for this section of the JMT and PCT routes South from Tuolumne Meadows to 1000 Island Lake, then only covering the unique route of the JMT South from 1000 Island Lake to Reds Meadow.

The Other Two
Below are links to the pages covering the other two routes with the miles and elevations for the PCT and River Trail routes South from Thousand Island Lake to Agnew Meadows.

Two Other Routes

PCT: 1000 Island Lake to Agnew Meadows

River Trail: 1000 Island Lake to Agnew Meadows

Below
John Muir Trail
Tuolumne Meadows to Reds Meadow
&
Pacific Crest Trail
Tuolumne Meadows to Thousand Island Lake

JMT
Tuolumne Meadows to Reds Meadow
34.25 miles

Location	*Elevation*	*Mileage*
Tuolumne Meadows Ground Zero Store, Grill, & P.O.	8591	0
	+29	.51
End of Campground Road Trail to Southbound JMT	8620	.51
	+20	.10
John Muir Trail JMT bypass around Tuolumne Meadows Mileage Sign Posts North & South JMT	8640	.61
	+30	.82
John Muir Trail to Toulumne Lodge Footbridge to Tuolumne Meadows High Sierra Camp, Tuolumne Lodge.	8670	1.43
	+10	.64
Rafferty Creek Junction Tuolumne Pass: Quick way to Vogelsang HSC	8680	2.07
	+221	4.17
Vogelsang HSC-Ireland Lake Junction Another route to Yosemite Valley	8901	6.24
	+99	2.88
End of Lyell Canyon, Lyell Creek Now we Climb	9000	9.12
	+640	1.06
Footbridge	9640	10.18
	+160	.30
First Sites, meadow below first, Lower Basin.	9800	10.48
	+400	.6
Sites at first ford-Lower Basin, & Sites along Lyell Creek (mile 169 Mark)	10200	11.08
	+280	.66
Over & Down to Second Ford Upper Basin & Sites along Lyell Creek	10480	11.74
	+240	.45
Climb to bend in Trail to see Third Sites above Upper Basin, Conness to the North, Lyell Canyon laid out Below	10720	12.19
	+320	.5
Blue Drop Lake on Top of Donohue Pass, PARK BOUNDARY Exiting Yosemite, entering Ansel Adams Wilderness	11040	12.69
	+0	.01
Sloppy little Pond on Donohue Pass	11040	12.70
	-560	.83
Arrive Top of Rush Creek Enter A Quite Enchanting Zone of fine sites	10480	13.53
	-408	1.68
Marie Lakes Junction Sign Post	10072	15.21
	-459	.73
Rush Creek Trail to Waugh, Gem, and Silver Lakes Sign Post	9613	15.94
	+85	.43
Davis Lakes Junction Sign Post	9698	16.37
	+505	.99
Island Pass	10203	17.36
	-360	1.72
NE Shore of 1000 Island Lake JMT-PCT Trail Junction TOP Campsites Sign Post Southbound OPTIONS There are three trail options for us to hike down to Agnew or Reds Meadows from here. The PCT runs NE off the line of JMT, first accessing top of the River Trail. RT runs down along the Middle fork of the San Joaquin (a shaded, soft trail down to Agnew Meadows). Pacific Crest Trail Route Miles PCT stays high to bend Southeast onto the barren, exposed volcanic East Wall of the canyon, before descending to Agnew Meadows. River Trail Route Miles The JMT moves South in the complex granite and forest terrain cut into the West Wall of the Middle San Joaquin Canyon before descending down to Devils Postpile, then Reds Meadow. Those are our three trail options down to or up from Reds Meadow from here. SOUTH JMT FOLLOWS BELOW NE Shore of 1000 Island Lake	9843 9843	19.08 19.08
	+66	.52
SE corner Emerald Lake	9909	19.60
	+xx	.35
Ruby Lake outlet creek	9911	19.95
	-233	1.22
Garnet Lake Footbridge-Junction Campsites Trail 1.16 miles East down to River Trail along Middle Fork San Joaquin River	9678	21.17
	+427	.63
Top of Ridge Dividing Garnet Lake from Shadow Creek	10105	21.80
	-1115	1.70
Ediza-Shadow Lakes Split JMT & Shadow Lake Left, East & down. Ediza Lake Right, up to the West.	8990	23.5
	-253	.67
Shadow Lake Split JMT Right, South River Trail 1.61 miles East Ranger White Boards Mileage Sign Post	8737	24.17
	+646	1.29
Rosalie Lake Outlet	9383	25.46
	+131	.71
South Shore Gladys Lake	9514	26.17
	-196	1.86
Castle Lake Junction	9318	28.03
	-1182	2.77
Johnston Meadow Junction	8136	30.8
	-656	.67
PCT-JMT Junction Mileage	7677	31.47
	-131	1.39
Footbridge Devils Postpile	7546	32.86
	+174	1.39
End of Minaret Road, Reds Meadow Mileage	7720	34.25

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Tuolumne Medows
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Reds Meadow
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