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The John Muir Trail (JMT) is a long-distance trail in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, passing through Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. It is named after John Muir , a naturalist.
parallel alternate to the John Muir Trail, laying lower and further west Timberline Trail: 40.7 66 Oregon: loops around Mount Hood, almost completely in wilderness Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes: 73 117 Idaho: Mullan, Idaho: Plummer, Idaho: rail trail along abandoned Union Pacific right-of-way Trans-Catalina Trail: 38.5 62 California: Avalon: Two ...
Its elevation is 11,066 feet (3,373 m). [1] It is situated between Mount Lyell and Donohue Peak. The John Muir Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail both transverse the pass. Following the John Muir Trail, the pass is 6.3 miles (10.1 km) from Thousand Island Lake, and 12.8 miles (20.6 km) from Tuolumne Meadows. [2]
The segment of the John Muir Trail which traverses Mather Pass was completed by the U.S. Forest Service during the summer of 1937, using three trail camps to construct 11.25 miles of the trail at the cost of roughly $1,400 per mile in 1937 USD. It was the final segment of the trail to be built. [6]
At 13,153 feet (4,009 m), Forester Pass is the highest point along the Pacific Crest Trail. It is also the southernmost of the six high mountain passes above 11,000 feet along the John Muir Trail, with (in order from north to south) Donohue Pass , Muir Pass , Mather Pass , Pinchot Pass , and Glen Pass .
On the west, it connects to the Pacific Crest Trail/John Muir Trail in the National Park. [2] Taboose Pass is one of the more difficult Eastern Sierra passes in the Sierra Nevada range, partly due to the low starting elevation of the Owens Valley Trailhead in a desert floor, at 5,500 feet. From the trailhead it is an 8-mile hike, gaining 6,000 ...
John Muir (/ m jʊər /; April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions.
Pages in category "Mountain passes on the John Muir Trail" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .