John Muir Trail and the PCT

The John Muir Trail takes you up to Mt. Whitney from the back side. The PCT junction with the John Muir trail is PCT mile 767 at 10,787 feet. Mt. Whitney is at 14,4965 feet. See the half mile maps, section G, page 16 (Mt. Whitney and the John Muir Trail can also bee seen on section H, pages 1 & 2).

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Sunday, June 20th, our 3 hikers summited Mt. Whitney around 2:00 pm. This was Zero's and Fire Marshall's first summit. This was Just Dave's first summit from the back of Whitney. He's gone up three times prior through Whitney's Portal.

That evening, around 7:30, after hiking back down, they camped near the intersection of the PCT and the John Muir Trail.

Monday, June 21st, Dave arrived at camp around 6:30. This location can be found on PCT Half Mile Map Section H page 4 at approximately mile 774.5 or 775. It doesn't look like they did their normal mileage, most likely due to the strain of the hike the day before.

Tonight, Tuesday, June 22nd, Dave's spot was emailed around 7:30. He is camping south of Bull Frog Lake around mile 786-787, where there are several campgrounds for them to choose from. Tomorrow they will travel west and then north around Bull Frog Lake.

At mile 789 the PCT intersects with TriKearsarge Pass. This leads to Kearsarge Pass which will take Dave and Team Farsight 7.3 miles into the town of Independence where they can resupply at the mini-mart or hitch a hike 42 miles north into Bishop or back into Lone Pine. There is a bus that runs on the weekdays between these three towns.

Kearsarge Pass is full of snow, but the boys have traversed worse snow earlier in their hike. I rest easy because these three are very careful hikers. You can find Kearsarge Pass on PCT Map Section H, page 6.

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