JMT

Timeline

(see setback schedule page)

• March 9 - apply for permit
• Through July - buy all the gear! (see JMT/gear)
• July/August - training trips
• August 1 - meal & route planning by this date
• August 10 - send MTR resupply by this date
• August 24 - start JMT at Glacier Point
• Sept. 14 - finish JMT & drink cold beer and eat lots of pizza and burgers somewhere

Sections

• hot springs
  • iva bell?

Resupply

• locations
  • Red Meadows
  • VVR
  • Ranch
• what to send
  • pre-addressed post cards for checking in

Transportation

• CREST provides bus service from Lone Pine (the nearest town to Mount Whitney) to Mammoth Lakes.
• The YARTS Highway 120 East bus provides service from Mammoth Lakes to Yosemite Valley.

Resources

• yahoo group
• Elizabeth Wenk book
• Facebook groups - JMT and Ladies of JMT
• here's a nice map.
• Paper maps! (highly recommended by Adam White from the Yahoo group)