JMT 2012-Campsites

Campsite Planning

Day	JMT Camp	Site	Description	Total Miles	Day Miles	Altitude Gain	Altitude Lost	Est Hours Travel	Restock	Close Trailhead
0		Happy Isles	Beginning	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	Initial	Happy Isles
1		Illilouette Ck	Permit says we must go to this location	5.7	5.7	2500	715	5.2		Happy Isles
2	1.12	Sunrise Creek	Good uphill	14.1	9.4	2900	509	5.9		Happy Isles
3	2.01	Tuolume Mdws	Cathedral Pass. Backpacker or regular campsite	26.7	12.6	1721	1514	7.6	Steven	Tuolumne
4	2.06	Upper Lyell Cyn	At the end of Lyell Canyon, after your first climb, at a creek crossing.	36.2	9.5	1100	0	4.9		Tuolumne
5	4.01	Island Pass	Donahue Pass, Island Pass. If I remember right, there was a nice pond and some trees on this gentle pass	39.5	3.3	1715	1338	3.4		Silver Lake
6	4.13	Johnson Mdw	Wide area, looked like a packer camp. Close to creek	51.9	12.4	962	1331	6.6		Red's Meadow
7	5.01	Deer Creek	Next water is 5+ miles at Duck Lake	61.1	9.2	1558	669	5.6		Red's Meadow
8	5.12	Squaw Lake or Fish Creek		75.9	14.8	2961	2127	10		Edison
9	6.05	Edison Lake	Silver Pass. Lay over day?	84	8.1	526	3134	5.4	Drop	Edison
10	6.08	Bear Ck (9080')	After stopping at Edison	91.3	7.3	2539	1149	6.1		Edison
11	7.07	San Joaquin River	Sheldon Pass. May need to backtrack a little	105.2	13.9	1701	2969	7.4		Florence
12	7.24	Evolution Lake	Will probably stop about 2 miles before the Lake	116.5	11.3	3000	0	7.5		Piute Creek
13	8.09	Middle Fork of Kings	Muir Pass	130.6	14.1	1000	3242	8.3		Piute Creek
14	8.3	Palisade Lake		143.4	12.8	2789	661	8.3		Piute Creek
15	9.09	Marjorie Lake	Mather Pass	153.6	10.2	2502	2789	7.7		Cedar Grove
16	10.08	Dollar Lake	Pinchot Pass. Just before Rae Lakes	166.4	12.8	2446	3316	9.2		Cedar Grove
17	11.03	Jct w/Bullfrog	Glenn Pass	174.1	7.7	1729	1243	5.4	Andrea	Kersarge Pass
18	12.02	Tyndale Creek	Forester Pass, Little lake by junction	187.6	13.5	3497	3034	10.4		Shepherd Pass
19	12.19	Guitar Lake		199.2	11.6	1793	1446	7.2		Whitney Portal
20		Whitney Portal	Mt Whitney	214.3	15.1	2894	6081	12