More than 1,500 people attempt to walk the entire John Muir Trail every year. A bit more than half of them succeed in a good year, with less than a third making it through in a year with natural ...

The John Muir Trail, or JMT, hovers around 8,000 feet of elevation for most of its 211 miles through California's Sierra Nevada range. Here's how to start planning your thru hike.

The John Muir Trail offers the chance to spend weeks opening up to the wonders of the wilderness. With a little planning, just about anyone can hike it if they are very fit and motivated, even a ...

Who was John Muir? We take a close look at the life of the influential ‘father of the National Parks’ and consider his ongoing legacy ...

A few years ago, I hiked 180 miles of the 211+ mile John Muir Trail (JMT) with my 11 year old son. The JMT runs through the Eastern Sierra mountains in California, starting from Yosemite Valley to ...

We tried 3 books - Starr's Guide to the John Muir Trail and the High Sierra Region, Walter A. Starr Jr. (1974, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco; 224 pages and a B&W map), The John Muir Trail, Don and ...

This country has had no greater advocate for nature’s grandeur than John Muir, the Scot who arrived in America in the mid-19th century and became one of the world’s best known environmentalists.

The John Muir Trail is 210 miles of breathtaking landscape in California's Sierra Nevadas that begins in Yosemite Valley and ends at the top of Mount Whitney. The record for covering the trail is ...

John Muir was born in Scotland on April 21, 1838. His family moved to the United States when he was 11 years old and settled in Wisconsin. Muir was an inventor, farmer, sheepherder, logger and ...

This code is unique to the John Muir Trail, but Le said she hoped it might be modified for use with similar reservation systems. “I could have let it perish, as a program or let it be of use to ...