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Index North
JMT & PCT
Tuolumne Meadows
to
Reds Meadow Pack Station

The Standard JMT-PCT
Route

Index South
JMT & PCT
Vermilion Valley Resort
to
Muir Ranch

John Muir Wilderness

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Alternative Route to Vermillion Valley Resort

This would be the long way to Vermilion Valley Resort from Reds Meadow.

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NORTH

Tuolumne Meadows to Reds Meadow

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SOUTH

Reds Meadow to Vermilion Valley Resort
Via
Fish Valley

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Reds Meadow to Vermilion Valley Resort

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Reds Meadow to Vermilion Valley via Goodale Pass

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Reds Meadow to Vermilion Valley Resort

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Reds Meadow- Mammoth Lakes

Resupply South

Vermilion Valley Resort

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Fish Creek to Vermilion Valley Resort

This is the guide index page for an amazing alternative route off of the High Sierra Crestline between Reds Meadow and Vermilion Valley Resort.

Though we walk most of the JMT on our route South along the Sierra Crestline, we miss some stunning nearby locations of note. Iva Bell Hot Springs is just such a special place that should not be missed.

Our "standard" JMT route along the Sierra Crestline stays up high and goes around Iva Bell Hot Springs.

We can fix that "slight" omission by breaking off into Fish Valley South of Reds Meadow rather than staying up on .

We could climb back up to the JMT from Iva Bell Hot Springs. The JMT crosses Silver Divide and drops down to Mono Creek to pick up the ferry to Vermilion Valley Resort on the Northeast end of Lake Thomas Edison.

I prefer to climb the other way from Iva Bell Hot Springs to climb the Southwest flank of the Silver Divide up to Goodale Pass. This is a very quiet segment of trail. I have rarely seen anyone out there.
From Goodale Pass we will hike down to Vermilion Valley's front door, rather than take the JMT ferry.

Continuing South from Vermilion Valley we will explore the standard route of the JMT over Bear Ridge as well as the much quieter and more scenic route up Bear Creek.

North Index JMT-PCT	Alternative Route South	South Index JMT-PCT
Tuolumne Meadows to Reds Meadow Pack Station	Bear Creek to JMT	Vermilion Valley Resort to Muir Ranch

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Fish Creek: An excellent alternative route to Vermilion Valley Resort via Iva Bell Hot Springs.

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Vermilion Valley Resort
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Muir Ranch

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The Trails Forum acts as your place to put up input, comments, relate your experiences, or ask questions about each segment and spot along the length of our combined TYT-PCT-JMT trails.

The Forum is your place to supplement the trail guide.

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If you have experiences, comments, questions, or pictures and videos of the Fish Valley Trail from Reds Meadow to Iva Bell Hot Springs and on to Vermilion Valley, post up here as an unknown hiker or as a member:

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