JMT updates - John Muir Trail

imported
#1

does any one have any updates on the trail conditions…thinking of 2 options

r/t out of mono hot springs

o/w from mono walking out via bubbs creek trail

thanks

stephen a

#2

I got an email and photo from a 2009 AT thru-hiker friend who started the trail several days ago from the north. The photo and comments were snow, snow and more snow.

Ned

#3

I hiked the JMT in 2004, late July. The snow and snow melt is a quiet different story this year. I was just in Yosemite doing some day hiking last week. Tried to day hike from Tuolumne Meadows to Cathedral Lakes on 7/6/11. Didn’t make it. At about 9500 feet the trail was completely under snow and unidentifiable. Ran into a few folks that were hiking thru but it was completely off trail, snow hiking. Ended up hiking Lyell Canyon from Tuolumne Meadows and the creek crossing were challenging to say the least. Best of luck to those getting an early start this year.

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