John Muir Trail 2003
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Location Mileage Elevation
Happy Isles 0 4,035
Mist Trail 1.0 4,550
Panorama Trail 3.3 5,950
Little Yosemite Valley 4.7 6,150
Half Dome Trail 6.2 7,000
Clouds Rest Trail 6.7 7,200
Merced Lake Trail 8.6 8,100
Forsyth Trail 8.7 8,150
6/28 DAY 1 ~10 (10 miles) Photos
Sunrise Camp 13.7 9,400
Echo Creek Trail 14.7 9,450
Cathedral Pass 15.7 9,700
Cathedral Lake Trail 17.8 9,500
Tuolumne Meadows Trail 20.8 8,550
Glen Aulin Trail 22.3 8,600
Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Stn 23.9 8,700
Parker Pass Trail 24.7 8,700
Rafferty Creek Trail 25.6 8,750
Vogelsang Pass Trail 29.8 8,800
6/29 DAY 2 29.8 (19.8 miles) Photos
Lyell Fork Base Trail 32.8 9,000
Lyell Fork Bridge 34.0 9,700
Lyell Headwaters 34.8 10,200
Donohue Pass 36.7 11,050
Marie Lakes Trail 39.0 10,030
Rush Creek Trail 39.8 9,600
Island Pass 41.0 10,200
Thousand Island Lake 43.0 9,834
Garnet Lake 44.7 9,680
6/30 DAY 3 44.7 (14.9 miles) Photos
Ediza Lake Trail 47.6 9,030
Shadow Creek Trail Bridge 49.2 8,750
Rosalie Lake 50.2 9,350
Gladys Lake 50.9 9,600
Lower Trinity Lake 52.7 9,180
Johnston Meadow 54.7 8,120
Mammoth Trail 56.2 7,550
Devil's Postpile Natl Monument 56.6 7,550
Red's Meadow 57.3 7,600
Mammoth Pass Trail #1 58.7 8,700
Crater Meadow 60.0 8,900
7/1 DAY 4 ~61 (16.3 miles) Photos
Mammoth Pass Trail #2 61.1 8,900
Deer Creek 63.1 9,200
Duck Creek 68.3 10,100
Purple Lake 70.7 9,900
Lake Virginia 72.4 10,300
Tully Hole 74.4 9,500
Cascade Valley Trail 75.6 9,100
7/2 DAY 5 ~77.5 (16.5 miles) Photos
Goodale Pass Trail 78.3 10,300
Silver Pass 79.9 10,900
Silver Pass Lake 80.5 10,350
North Fork of Mono Creek 83.5 8,900
Mono Pass Trail 84.9 8,300
Mono Creek Bridge 86.5 7,700
7/3 DAY 6 86.5 (9.0 miles) Photos
Bear Ridge 91.1 9,950
Bear Creek Trail 93.2 8,800
Italy Pass Trail 95.5 9,250
East Fork Lakes Trail 96.7 9,500
Marie Lake 99.3 10,600
7/4 DAY 7 99.3 (12.8 miles)
Selden Pass 100.6 10,870
Heart Lake 101.3 10,490
Sally Keyes Lake 102.1 10,200
Senger Creek 104.3 9,700
Shortcut to Blayney Meadows 106.4 8,400
Blayney Meadows Trail 108.1 7,800
Piute Pass 109.8 8,050
Aspen Meadow 111.3 8,300
Bridge - S Fork, San Joaquin R 112.6 8,350
Goddard Canyon Bridge 113.4 8,450
7/5 DAY 8 ~115 (15.7 miles) Photos
Evolution Meadow 115.4 9,200
McClure Meadow 117.4 9,600
Colby Meadow 118.4 9,800
Evolution Lake 121.9 10,850
Evolution Creek 125.5 10,400
Muir Pass 127.7 11,955
Helen Lake 128.7 11,595
7/6 DAY 9 ~129.7 (14.7 miles) Photos
Little Pete Meadow 134.5 8,800
Bishop Pass Trail 135.0 8,700
Grouse Meadows 138.2 8,200
Palisade Creek 139.2 8,000
Deer Meadow 142.7 8,700
Palisade Lake 145.7 10,650
7/7 DAY 10 ~148 (18.3 miles) Photos
Mather Pass 149.7 12,080
Taboose Pass Trail 155.1 10,000
Bench Lake Trail 156.2 11,000
Lake Marjorie 157.7 11,200
Pinchot Pass 159.2 12,100
Twin Lakes 162.3 10,560
7/8 DAY 11 162.3 (14.3 miles) Photos
South Fork Trail 166.8 8,500
Rae Lakes 172.3 10,500
Dragon Lake Trail 173.3 10,550
Sixty Lakes Basin Trail 173.6 10,550
Glen Pass 175.6 11,980
Glen Pass Lake 176.4 11,500
Kearsarge Pass Trail 177.9 10,800
7/9 DAY 12 ~178.8 (16.5 miles) Photos
Bubbs Creek Trail 180.1 9,600
center Basin Trail 183.6 10,500
Forester Pass 187.1 13,200
Lake South America Trail 191.4 11,160
Shepherd Pass Trail 192.1 10,930
7/10 DAY 13 192.1 (13.3 miles) Photos
Wright Creek 198.0 10,790
Wallace Creek 199.1 10,400
Crabtree Meadows Ranger Stn 203.6 10,700
Creek to Guitar Lake 205.7 11,600
7/11 DAY 14 ~206.7 (14.3 miles) Photos
Mt Whitney Trail 209.6 13,500
Mt Whitney 211.9 14,495
Trail Crest 214.2 13,600
Trail Camp 216.4 12,040
Outpost Camp 219.0 10,600
Lone Pine Lake 220.0 9,960
Whitney Portal 222.4 8,360
7/12 DAY 15 222.4 (15.7 miles) Photos
7/13 DAY 16 (LP->LA) -- -- Photos