Looking up Mono Creek. Lake Tahoe to Mount Whitney: Your Backpacking Guide to the High Sierras Lake of the Lone Indian.
Heart Lake from Selden Pass.
Looking up Mono Creek.
Heart Lake from Selden Pass. South fork of the San Joaquin River beyond.
Lake of the Lone Indian.

 

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Backpacking
Lake Tahoe to
Mount Whitney

Trail Guide Section
INDEX

Hiking
Vermilion Valley Resort to Muir Ranch

Hiking
The John Muir Trail from VVR to Muir Ranch

 

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The art of walking

 

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The trail
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Food

 

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Index North
TYT & PCT
Reds Meadow
to
Vermilion Valley Resort
      Index South
JMT & PCT
Muir Ranch
to the
Whitney Portal

Muir Wilderness

sorry...
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.

Vermilion Valley Resort to Muir Ranch

Trail Guide Index

Trail Guide Page
 

 

Miles and Elevations
NORTH
Reds Meadow to Vermilion Valley Resort

 

Miles and Elevations
SOUTH
Vermilion Valley to Muir Ranch

 

7.5 minute Map
Vermilion Valley to Muir Ranch

 

30 minute Map
Vermilion Valley to Muir Ranch

Map Index
Vermilion Valley to Muir Ranch

 

Resupply North
Vermilion Valley Resort

 

Resupply South
Muir Ranch

 

Permits
 

THE INTRODUCTION

 


North Index
JMT-PCT
  South Index
JMT-TYT

Reds Meadow
to
Vermilion Valley Resort

 

Muir Ranch
to the
Whitney Portal

Post up your experiences, information, and your questions and comments about backpacking into and out of Yosemite Valley.

comments

 

Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley
ALL TRAIL GUIDE RESOURCES

Trail Guide Pages

 

7.5 minute Maps

 

30 minute Maps

 

 

N Lake's

North:                                                                                                                     South:

Vermilion Valley Resort
to
Muir Ranch

Another short section of trail between resupply points.

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

COME ON BACK NOW, 'YA HEAR?

 

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

Miles and Elevations

Comments

Backpacking Trail Guide
INDEX

JMT North

Reds Meadow
to
Vermilion Valley Resort

Compass and map directions are the best.

Backpacking Trail Guide
INDEX

JMT South

Muir Ranch
to the
Whitney Portal

Backpacker Forums

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TahoetoWhitney.Org

Above we come to the Front Page of the High Backpacking Trails and Topics Forums. Below we break the forums down into categories:

High Sierra Trails High Sierra Topics

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.

Anyone can post text comments in the existing forums, but only members can post up new topics, along with images, maps, and formatting.

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If you have experiences, comments, questions, or pictures and videos of the John Muir and Pacific Crest Trails Vermilion Valley to Muir Ranch, post up here as an unknown hiker or as a member:

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Forum Section
Vermilion Valley Resort to Muir Ranch
Forum Segment
Segment to Segment
Trailhead
Contact
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Your Guide to the High Sierra Crest, including the Tahoe to Yosemite, Pacific Crest, and John Muir Trails

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