A buddy and I are fairly experienced backpackers and we are planning to hike the JMT in roughly 14-15 days, that puts our mileage around 16 mi/day. We are planning for 1-2 resupplies to keep our pack weight down. Is this too ambitious? With the lack of snow we feel we can make it. Any comments?
Brandon
Dead right pace to enjoy all that is around you. Spend a bit more time up on the hills and take only one pit stop
Highlander
Fourteen days was very reasonable for my hike in 2006. If you pack your meals well, one resupply at Muir Ranch is plenty. I ended up eating less than a third of the food I packed due to the altitude killing my appetite.
Eric
Sounds pretty good to me. With 99.9% snow cover we managed it in 16 days, even with the much shorter days in March. Google, “skiing the John Muir Trail.” Two pre-placed food caches.
Just Jimbo
I did the JMT in 17 days and was usually finished each day by about 2:00 in the afternoon. I was trying to stretch it out, but the trail was well graded enough I was doing good miles fairly easily.
Ginny
I agree with everyone else that it’s very doable (we took 16 days but added a couple of extra climbs), but don’t be fooled into thinking it will be all that super-easy.
Since they’re right on trail, i’d take advantage of both Tuolumne and Red’s Meadow for resupply, as well as Muir Trail Ranch.
markv
Last year while out there I took 15 days and leap frogged for a few days with the Korean Alpine Club of Southern California. They did the JMT in 9 days. And were jonesing for smokes the whole time(which may have made them go faster). Two weeks is no problem, but why the rush? It’s so incredible out there, I wish I had spent a few more days taking in the views, especially sunsets in the right places. Oh yeah, and MTR charges $45 to pick up packages, and they’re not really all that friendly to hikers. And it’s true, you can’t buy anything there. Not even a soda.
ducky
Last year I did the trail in 15 days, and finished atop Mt. Whitney on my 45th birthday. The key for my partner and me was getting up and hiking by 6 AM each day. We limited ourselves to one pass a day, and tried to get within striking distance of each pass so we weren’t climbing in the heat of the day.
I took something like 400 photos, went fly fishing most days, did the side trip to the top of Half Dome, went swimming, took naps most days at lunch, took plenty of breaks, and read two books on the trail. In other words, I smelled the flowers. And they smelled nice! 
Have a great trip!!
Jeffrey Hunter