JMT – Day 10 – VVR to Marie Lake
August 12, 2014 From Vermillion Valley there are several possible ways how to rejoin the JMT. Our choice is the slightly longer yet more scenic Bear Creek trail. The other option would be… Continue reading
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JMT – Days 8 + 9 – Silver Pass Lake to VVR
August 10 – August 11, 2014 We’re having a slow, lazy morning while waiting for the sun to dry our tent. It should be an easy day today with lots of downhill… Continue reading
JMT – Day 7 – Purple Lake to Silver Pass Lake
August 9, 2014 I have always loved the peacefulness of a morning in the wilderness. The way everybody stops to witness the rise of the new day, full of possibilities and wonder. We… Continue reading
JMT – Day 6 – Red’s Meadow to Purple Lake
August 8, 2014 We’re leaving Red’s Meadow at 8:00 a.m. It’s the latest start we had so far, but after hotcakes from the Cafe, our energy is soaring and for the first… Continue reading
JMT – Day 5 – Garnet Lake to Red’s Meadow
August 7, 2014 What a beautiful morning I keep thinking as we break from the comfort of our warm sleeping bags and crawl outside the tent where the first morning lights welcomes us.… Continue reading
JMT – Day 4 – Lyell Canyon to Garnet Lake
August 6, 2014 There is no time for a warm up. The trail starts climbing out off the Lyell Canyon right away and the grade gives our calves a workout. It does not… Continue reading
JMT – Day 3 – Lower Cathedral Lake to Lyell Canyon
August 5, 2014 Will the weather ever give us a break, we wonder as we sit on picnic tables in front of Tuolumne Post office sorting our resupplies. We are not alone in… Continue reading
JMT – Day 2 – LYV to Lower Cathedral Lake
August 4, 2014 Everything is damp, including my spirit, and my fingers are freezing. The sky is once again gray. This is not what I imagined waking up to on the first morning… Continue reading
JMT – Day 1 – Happy Isles to LYV
August 3, 2014 Here we are at Happy Isles. The trailhead sign marks our destination 211 miles away. It’s early in the morning and I don’t expect many people on the trail at… Continue reading
JMT – Lee Vining to Yosemite Valley
August 2, 2014 There are three shuttles that run to Yosemite every day; however only one of them go all the way to Yosemite Valley. The remaining two terminate at Tuolumne Meadows. So… Continue reading