Up at Mather Pass, I've always felt the ghost of John Muir, as well as the echoes of a thousand other hikers who have shared this experience. It is here on the John Muir Trail, from Mt.

John Muir Drawing wild ... wilderness men of the early 1900s. Muir Pass (11,955 feet) comes up first at mile 128 and is patient but rather blunt at times. Mather Pass (12,080 feet) is an ...

The John Muir Trail is not the longest thru hiking trail ... Here hikers will pass through Muir Pass, Mather Pass, Pinchot ...

Editor’s Note: On August 29, hiker Jeff Garmire set a new unsupported fastest known time for the John ... Muir Pass, my energy disappeared. Night two arrived, and I laid down on the side of the ...

I first experienced the Sierra Nevada while thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail when I was 20 ... before climbing up yet another pass. Five high passes—Muir, Mather, Pinchot, Glen, and Forester ...

The woman started her trek on John Muir Trail, Inyo County Search and Rescue ... “when she encountered too much snow for her comfort level on Mather Pass,” rescuers said.

and the John Muir Trail/Pacific Crest Trail between Muir Pass and Mather Pass. Both aerial and ground searches found nothing. The search was halted on Oct. 28 after high winds, snow and ...

Moving slowly, I cross a meadow and pass clusters of wizened mountain ... of people follow the route I’m hiking—the John Muir Trail (JMT), which runs for 211 glorious miles from the base ...

It wasn't my first time: From the Colorado Trail to the Arizona Trail, I had managed to topple FKTs by making a plan and sticking to it. But the the John Muir ... Later, on Muir Pass, my energy ...