Table of Contents

Overview Map

Map Key

Acknowledgments

Preface

Top Hikes List

Introduction

How to Use This Guidebook

Weather

Water

Clothing

The Ten Essentials

Hiking with Children

General Safety

Animal and Plant Hazards

Tips for Enjoying the John Muir Trail

Wilderness Permits

Backcountry Advice

Trail Etiquette

Resupplying on the Trail

DAY HIKES

Yosemite National Park

1 Vernal and Nevada Falls
2 Half Dome
3 Cathedral Lakes
4 Lyell Canyon

Devils Postpile National Monument

5 Devils Postpile and Rainbow Falls

Sequoia National Park

6 Mount Whitney

SECTION HIKES

Yosemite National Park and Ansel Adams Wilderness

1 Yosemite Valley to Tuolumne Meadows
2 Tuolumne Meadows to Red’s Meadow

Ansel Adams Wilderness and John Muir Wilderness

3 Red’s Meadow to Vermilion Valley Resort
4 Vermilion Valley Resort to Florence Lake

John Muir Wilderness; Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks

5 Florence Lake to South Lake
6 South Lake to Roads End
7 Roads End to Onion Valley
8 Onion Valley to Mount Whitney

Appendixes