Location |
Elevation |
Mileage |
|
Tuolumne Meadows
Ground Zero
Store, Grill, & P.O. |
8591 |
0 |
|
|
+29 |
.51 |
|
End of Campground Road
Trail to Southbound JMT |
8620 |
.51 |
|
|
+20 |
.10 |
|
John Muir Trail
JMT bypass around Tuolumne Meadows
Mileage Sign Posts North & South JMT |
8640 |
.61 |
|
|
+30 |
.82 |
|
John Muir Trail to Toulumne Lodge
Footbridge to Tuolumne Meadows High Sierra Camp, Tuolumne Lodge. |
8670 |
1.43 |
|
|
+10 |
.64 |
|
Rafferty Creek Junction
Tuolumne Pass: Quick way to
Vogelsang HSC |
8680 |
2.07 |
|
|
+221 |
4.17 |
|
Vogelsang HSC-Ireland Lake Junction
Another route to Yosemite Valley |
8901 |
6.24 |
|
|
+99 |
2.88 |
|
End of Lyell Canyon, Lyell Creek
Now we Climb |
9000 |
9.12 |
|
|
+640 |
1.06 |
|
Footbridge |
9640 |
10.18 |
|
|
+160 |
.30 |
|
First Sites, meadow below first, Lower Basin.
|
9800 |
10.48 |
|
|
+400 |
.6 |
|
Sites at first ford-Lower Basin, & Sites along Lyell Creek
(mile 169 Mark) |
10200 |
11.08 |
|
|
+280 |
.66 |
|
Over & Down to Second Ford Upper Basin & Sites along Lyell Creek
|
10480 |
11.74 |
|
|
+240 |
.45 |
|
Climb to bend in Trail to see Third Sites above Upper Basin, Conness to the North, Lyell Canyon laid out Below |
10720 |
12.19 |
|
|
+320 |
.5 |
|
Blue Drop Lake on Top of Donohue Pass,
PARK BOUNDARY
Exiting Yosemite, entering Ansel Adams Wilderness |
11040 |
12.69 |
|
|
+0 |
.01 |
|
Sloppy little Pond on
Donohue Pass |
11040 |
12.70 |
|
|
-560 |
.83 |
|
Arrive Top of Rush Creek
Enter A Quite Enchanting Zone of fine sites |
10480 |
13.53 |
|
|
-408 |
1.68 |
|
Marie Lakes Junction
Sign Post |
10072 |
15.21 |
|
|
-459 |
.73 |
|
Rush Creek Trail to Waugh, Gem, and Silver Lakes
Sign Post
|
9613 |
15.94 |
|
|
+85 |
.43 |
|
Davis Lakes Junction
Sign Post |
9698 |
16.37 |
|
|
+505 |
.99 |
|
Island Pass
|
10203 |
17.36 |
|
|
-360 |
1.72 |
|
NE Shore of 1000 Island Lake
JMT-PCT
Trail Junction
TOP
Campsites
Sign Post
Southbound
OPTIONS
There are three trail options for us to hike down to Agnew or Reds Meadows from here.
The PCT runs NE off the line of JMT, first accessing top of the River Trail. RT runs down along the Middle fork of the San Joaquin (a shaded, soft trail down to Agnew Meadows).
Pacific Crest Trail Route Miles
PCT stays high to bend Southeast onto the barren, exposed volcanic East Wall of the canyon, before descending to Agnew Meadows.
River Trail Route Miles
The JMT moves South in the complex granite and forest terrain cut into the West Wall of the Middle San Joaquin Canyon before descending down to Devils Postpile, then Reds Meadow.
Those are our three trail options down to or up from Reds Meadow from here.
SOUTH JMT
FOLLOWS BELOW
NE Shore of 1000 Island Lake |
9843
9843
|
19.08
19.08
|
|
|
+66 |
.52 |
|
SE corner Emerald Lake |
9909 |
19.60 |
|
|
+xx |
.35 |
|
Ruby Lake outlet creek
|
9911 |
19.95 |
|
|
-233 |
1.22 |
|
Garnet Lake Footbridge-Junction
Campsites
Trail 1.16 miles East down to River Trail along Middle Fork San Joaquin River
|
9678 |
21.17 |
|
|
+427 |
.63 |
|
Top of Ridge Dividing Garnet Lake
from Shadow Creek |
10105 |
21.80 |
|
|
-1115 |
1.70 |
|
Ediza-Shadow Lakes Split
JMT & Shadow Lake Left, East & down.
Ediza Lake Right, up to the West. |
8990 |
23.5 |
|
|
-253 |
.67 |
|
Shadow Lake Split
JMT Right, South
River Trail 1.61 miles East
Ranger White Boards
Mileage Sign Post |
8737 |
24.17 |
|
|
+646 |
1.29 |
|
Rosalie Lake Outlet |
9383 |
25.46 |
|
|
+131 |
.71 |
|
South Shore Gladys Lake |
9514 |
26.17 |
|
|
-196 |
1.86 |
|
Castle Lake Junction |
9318 |
28.03 |
|
|
-1182 |
2.77 |
|
Johnston Meadow Junction |
8136 |
30.8 |
|
|
-656 |
.67 |
|
PCT-JMT Junction
Mileage |
7677 |
31.47 |
|
|
-131 |
1.39 |
|
Footbridge Devils Postpile |
7546 |
32.86 |
|
|
+174 |
1.39 |
|
End of Minaret Road,
Reds Meadow
Mileage |
7720 |
34.25 |
|