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*<strike>March 9 - apply for permit</strike> | *<strike>March 9 - apply for permit</strike> | ||
*Through July - buy all the gear! (see [[JMT/gear]]) | *Through July - buy all the gear! (see [[JMT/gear]]) | ||
*July/August - training trips | *July/August - training trips | ||
*August 1 - meal & route planning by this date | *August 1 - meal & route planning by this date | ||
*August 10 - [http://www.muirtrailranch.com/resupply.html send MTR resupply] by this date | *August 10 - [http://www.muirtrailranch.com/resupply.html send MTR resupply] by this date | ||
Revision as of 23:42, 9 July 2015
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
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)
