John Muir Trail
Subtitle: the essential guide to hiking America's most famous trail
By: Elizabeth Wenk
Edition: 5th edition.
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780899977362
Subjects: Guidebooks; Backpacking; Hiking
Description: This guide to hiking the 220-mile John Muir Trail describes the entire passage, with detailed directions as well as UTM coordinates for important junctions, lateral trails, campsites, food-storage boxes, and points of interest. Each trail section also includes an elevation profile and a table listing elevation, distance from previous point, and total mileage.
Notes: Previous edition: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Planning your hike; title: On the trail; title: Sierra Nevada history; title: Cumulative mileage table; title: North to south : Yosemite Valley to Whitney Portal; title: Side trips to peaks, vista points, and lake basins; title: Appendix A: JMT lateral trails and nearby towns; title: Appendix B: Campsites; title: Appendix C: Food-storage boxes (bear boxes); title: Appendix D: Plants referenced in text; title: Appendix E: Bibliography and suggested reading.