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Revision as of 05:59, 28 June 2015
Timeline
(see setback schedule page)
March 9 - apply for permit- Through July - buy all the gear! (see JMT/gear)
packs- bear canisters
- base layers
- rain gear
- trail shoes
- camp shoes
- sleeping bag (K)
- sleeping pad
- July/August - training trips
- Krystle
- Timberline Trail, July 3-5
- Mt. St. Helens, South Sister, Mt. Adams with full pack
- Goat Rocks Wilderness, Aug 11-12
- Krystle
- 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
Permits and route
Sections
- hot springs
Resupply
- locations
- Red Meadows
- VVR
- Ranch
- what to send
- pre-addressed post cards for checking in
Water
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.
Gear & food
Budget
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)
