The John Muir Trail
212 miles 8 milestones 90 day goal Happy Isles, Yosemite → The Summit of Mount Whitney
Milestones
- The Half Dome Junction6.2 mi leg6.2 mi
- Tuolumne Meadows17.7 mi leg23.9 mi
- Devils Postpile33.4 mi leg57.3 mi
- Muir Trail Ranch49.1 mi leg106.4 mi
- Muir Pass21.3 mi leg127.7 mi
- The Kearsarge Junction52.4 mi leg180.1 mi
- Forester Pass7 mi leg187.1 mi
- The Summit of Mount Whitney24.9 mi leg212 mi
The road.
The trail leaves Happy Isles on the Yosemite Valley floor, passes the Half Dome junction, and settles into the rhythm hikers spend years planning around: Tuolumne’s meadows, Devils Postpile, and Muir Pass with its stone hut at nearly 12,000 feet. It ends on the summit of Mount Whitney, the highest ground in the Lower 48.