Reflective & Emotional This is not just a hike—it’s an inner journey. Through 211 miles of silence, the landscape speaks ...

An island community in Washington is mourning the loss of a beloved former high school teacher who died one day into a trek ...

A missing hiker from Washington state was found dead after he didn’t pick up his food cache, California officials said.

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 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 ...

While the John Muir Trail is simply stunning enough, there are two side trips I recommend that are once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Half Dome, in Yosemite National Park, ...

The John Muir Trail From north to south the trail starts in Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley and winds to Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States. The 221-mile trail ends ...

This is truly where the John Muir Trail begins. The terrain increases in magnitude and difficulty as the passes become bigger than the next and the route consistently hangs above the 10,000-foot ...

John and Karen Werner were treated to this beautiful sunset from their backcountry campground south of Sallie Keyes Lakes on the John Muir Trail.

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Three days: That's how long it took endurance athlete Jeff Garmire to finish the John Muir Trail. But from health scares to falling asleep while hiking, it was anything but a casual stroll.