The John Muir Trail starts in Yosemite Valley and ends at Whitney Portal, so the second way to hike the trail is north from Whitney Portal. Because these permits are also used by hikers summiting the ...

Retirement for Lorraine Stiles meant seeking new challenges: hiking the John Muir Trail and writing her first book detailing the adventure. Stiles, a 20-year resident of the Country Club neighborhood ...

There are a variety of web sites which detail different peoples' experiences on the JMT. I found all of them useful. Even if I didn't follow their plans, it was useful to see what they found, and fun ...

How big of an adventure can you pull off on a weeklong vacation? That all depends on how fast you can walk—and how much suffering you can take. Michael Lanza found plenty of both when he decided to ...