John Muir Trail: The Essential Guide to Hiking America's Most Famous Trail

"This guide to hiking the 220-mile John Muir Trail describes the entire passage, with detailed directions as well as UTM coordinates for important junctions, lateral trails, campsites, food-storage boxes, and points of interest. Each trail section also includes an elevation profile and a table listing elevation, distance from previous point, and total mileage." --;Planning your hike -- On the trail -- Sierra Nevada history -- Cumulative mileage table -- North to south : Yosemite Valley to Whitney Portal -- Side trips to peaks, vista points, and lake basins -- Appendix A: JMT lateral trails and nearby towns -- Appendix B: Campsites -- Appendix C: Food-storage boxes (bear boxes) -- Appendix D: Plants referenced in text -- Appendix E: Bibliography and suggested reading.