The John Muir Trail starts in Yosemite Valley and ends at Whitney Portal, so the second way to hike the trail is north from Whitney Portal. Because these permits are also used by hikers summiting the ...

How big of an adventure can you pull off on a weeklong vacation? That all depends on how fast you can walk—and how much suffering you can take. Michael Lanza found plenty of both when he decided to ...

The John Muir Trail (JMT) is a long distance trail in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, starting from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley to the summit of Mount Whitney. If you're looking to do the John ...

Retirement for Lorraine Stiles meant seeking new challenges: hiking the John Muir Trail and writing her first book detailing the adventure. Stiles, a 20-year resident of the Country Club neighborhood ...

Colorado-based photographer Amber Sovorsky shares her tips for taking great photos on the John Muir Trail with any camera. When deciding what would earn space in her pack during a two-week hike-thru ...

Wendy Altschuler brought her three sons on a 70-mile hike along California's John Muir Trail. Her oldest son put his first aid course to good use while helping his little brother. She wants to take ...

It's 4:30 a.m., a time of day that puts us in the questionable company of cat burglars and alpinists. Our headlamps probe the inky, moonless black of Yosemite Valley. We're taking our very first steps ...