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Donohue Pass into Ansel Adams Wilderness to Reds Meadow Pack Station.
 
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Donohue Pass to Fish Valley

John Muir Trail and Pacific Crest Trail

Reds Meadow and Mammoth Lakes
RESUPPLY

Region Map

30 minute USGS Backpacking Map

Aloha Lake under Pyramid Peak from Dicks Pass

Maps
INDEX
JMT
YOSEMITE

Tuolumne Meadows
to
Reds
Meadow

GUIDE
Index
JMT
YOSEMITE

Tuolumne Meadows
to
Reds
Meadow

30 min
JMT-PCT
MAP
NORTH

Central Yosemite

30 min
JMT-PCT
MAP
SOUTH

Reds Meadow
to
Vermilion Valley
Resort

Miles
and
Elevations
JMT-PCT
NORTH

Sonora
Pass

to
Tuolumne Meadows

Miles
and
Elevations
JMT-PCT
SOUTH

Tuolumne Meadows
to
Reds
Meadow

Trail Guide PAGE

Tuolumne
Meadows

to
Donohue
Pass

7.5 minute
MAPS

South
Yosemite

 

Donohue
Pass

to
Reds

Click
RED DOTS
for Trail Guide Page

Click
BLACK DOTS
for detailed maps

WEATHER

Yosemite

All
High Sierra
Weather

RESUPPLY

Tuolumne
Meadows

Reds
Meadow

Yosemite
Valley

PERMITS

Yosemite
National
Park

Inyo National
Forest

map information

Entering
Ansel Adams Wilderness
of the
Inyo National Forest

Detailed Map
Donohue Pass to Reds Meadow

North
JMT-PCT
Central Yosemite Backpacking Map
Click
Black
and
Red
Dots

 South
JMT-PCT
Reds Meadow to Vermilion Valley Resort

Donohue Pass to Reds Meadow hiking the JMT and PCT.
North: Central Yosemite Backpacking Map
Click Black and Red Dots

 South: Reds Meadow to Vermilion Valley Resort


Location

Main Features and Location Information

 

Those squares breaking the USGS maps up into grids are the Universal Transverse Mercator / Military Grid Reference System, otherwise commonly known as UTM.

What's important for our general reference purpose is that each side of a square is 1000 meters, or a Kilometer.

From my point of view that is 1093.6 yards or .62 of a mile.

Diagonal: 1414.22 meters, if my trig is correct.

That converts the diagonal distance into 4,639.8 feet or .88 of a mile.

Map Information Map Symbols

Online and Trail Maps Online Length Conversion

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Mapping, Mileage,
and
National Forest Information

 

 

Map
Yosemite, Calif, 1975, 30x60 minute USGS Topographic Map
METRIC

 

Compass Offset
True North is 16.5 degrees West of Magnetic North

 

scale
1:100 000

Contours
50 meters

Online Length Conversion

Backpacking permitting authority

National Forest
Inyo

Wilderness Area
Ansel Adams
Physical location
Wrapping around Mammoth Lakes
 

North map: Central Yosemite Backpacking Map                             South map: Reds Meadow to Vermilion Valley Resort

Elevations   More Information

Donohue Pass : feet

Base of Island Pass: feet

Island Pass: feet

Reds Meadow: meters, or feet

Trail Guide, Section:

Trail Guide, Segment:

Google Map:


Map Credit

U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
The
USGS

USGS MAP LOCATOR

I love the USGS, as you can see from the Tahoe to Whitney Maps.

I also dig the NWS, as you can see from our Weather Page.

We gotta know the terrain under our feet, and the weather in the sky. These are the basics. In that spirit, let's set you up with the USGS maps sufficient to plan and execute your High Sierra Backpacking Trip with a set of custom backpacking maps.

In fact, we can use the USGS to set us up to plan and hike anywhere in the US of A.

Move the Map to the Sierras. Or your favorite backpacking spot in the US of A. Navigate the map to the area you wish to locate maps. Click "Mark Point" in the options to see the USGS map grid of the various scaled maps.

Select the maps that will help you plan and execute your backpacking trip, set up a directory on your computer named for the trip or location of the maps, and begin downloading those suckers.

Open your USGS maps with Adobe Reader.

But first, we have to "unzip" the maps.

I use 7zip.

Custom Maps
Once we get the maps downloaded, unzipped, and running on Adobe Reader we can cut and paste the pieces of the maps we need together, and mark our selected hiking routes to create our own customized maps using MS Paint, Photoshop, or some other image software.

Printing
If we want to print up our maps for field use we need some printer technology and knowledge. I understand Inkjet printers, special inks, and the proper paper are necessary to print up servicable maps.

At least one reader of Tahoe to Whitney has copied and printed out Tahoe to Whitney Maps with success.

Map Information Map Symbols

Online and Trail Maps

That is totally cool for personal and non-profit uses.

Trailhead
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Alex Wierbinski

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