JMT up Evolution Basin. Lake Tahoe to Mount Whitney: Your Backpacking Guide to the High Sierras Muir Hut at Sunset.
Black Giant beyond Muir Pass beyond  Wanda Lake.
Evolution Basin
Black Giant beyond Muir Pass beyond Wanda Lake.
Muir Hut.

 

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Backpacking
Lake Tahoe to
Mount Whitney

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INDEX

Hiking
Muir Ranch to the Whitney Portal

Hiking
The John Muir Trail from Muir Ranch to the End of the John Muir Trail

 

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Index North
TYT & PCT
Vermilion Valley Resort
to
Muir Ranch
      Index South
JMT Whitney Portal
End
of the
Trail Guide

Kings Canyon National Park

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Only the North Guide from Tahoe to Tuolumne Meadows is complete in draft form.

The South section is under construction as of
March 2 2015.

COME BACK MAY 1 FOR MAPS AND MILES
INFORMATION.

Muir Ranch to the Whitney Portal

Trail Guide Index

Trail Guide Page
 

 

Miles and Elevations
NORTH
Muir Ranch to Whitney Portal

 

Miles and Elevations
SOUTH
End
of the
Trail Guide

 

7.5 minute Maps
Muir Ranch to Bishop Pass

Bishop Pass to Pinchot Pass

Pinchot Pass to Vidette Meadow

Vidette Meadow to Tyndall Creek

Whitney Portal Backpacking Map

 

30 minute Maps
Muir Ranch to Bishop Pass

Bishop Pass to the Whitney Portal

 

 

 

Map Index
Muir Ranch to Whitney Portal

 

Resupply North
Muir Ranch

 

Resupply South
Whitney Portal & Lone Pine

 

Permits
Kings Canyon National Park

THE LONG HAUL

This is The End.


North Index
TYT-PCT
  South Index
Golden Triangle to JMT

Vermilion Valley Resort
to
Muir Ranch

 

End
of the
Trail Guide

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Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley
ALL TRAIL GUIDE RESOURCES

Trail Guide Pages

 

7.5 minute Maps

 

30 minute Maps

 

 

N Lake's

North: Vermilion Valley Resort                                                                              South: End of the Trail

Muir Ranch
to the
Mount Whitney Portal

The short trail sections have ended and we now begin the longest section of our whole Tahoe to Whitney backpacking trip.

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THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION: STAY TUNED FOR MUCH MORE!

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7.5 Map:
Sonora Pass to
30 min Map
Sonora Pass to Bensen Lake

Miles and Elevations

Comments

Backpacking Trail Guide
INDEX

JMT North

Vermilion Valley Resort
to
Muir Ranch

Compass and map directions are the best.

Backpacking Trail Guide
INDEX

JMT South

End
of the
Trail Guide

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Backpacking Lake Tahoe to Mount Whitney

Your Guide to the High Sierra Crest, including the Tahoe to Yosemite, Pacific Crest, and John Muir Trails

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