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JMT Day Hikes

 

Hi, sorry if this has already been covered.? We have friends who are not backpackers but would like to do JMT day hikes.? Any suggestions where they can look for day hike info.
 

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JMT in day hikes could be quite challenging as it can take miles just to hit the trail.

There is the Tahoe Rim Trail that circumnavigates around Lake Tahoe. I do have that broken down into day hike segments; longest of which is about 20 miles.

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On 2/14/2022 17:36, K Goppert wrote:

Hi, sorry if this has already been covered.? We have friends who are not backpackers but would like to do JMT day hikes.? Any suggestions where they can look for day hike info.

 

I can think of four possibilities that, with minimal approach, can get "boots on the trail":
  • Devil's Postpile/Red's Meadow (via )
    • out-and-back from Devil's Postpile (worth seeing in any case) crossing the Middle Fork San Joaquin River
    • loop from Red's Meadow south then west and north to Devil's Postpile junction and back down
  • Yosemite Valley: Happy Isles to Nevada Falls (strenuous day hike and crowded)
  • Glacier Point:
    • Shuttle to Glacier Point then take Panorama Trail to Nevada Falls then JMT to Happy Isles (shuttles are not easy to get)
    • Hike Four-Mile trail up to Glacier Point (strenuous) to Glacier Point, then Panorama-Nevada Falls-JMT-Happy Isles **
  • Tuolumne Meadows: Several departure points as the JMT crosses Tioga Road?
    • Take "old JMT" north from Lembert Dome parking (visit Soda Springs and Parsons Lodge) and loop back to highway.**
    • Cathedral Lakes trailhead: out-and-back to Lower Cathedral Lake (or Upper Cathedral Lake if you're fit!)
    • Lyell Canyon trailhead: out-and-back past Dana Meadows and Lyell Fork of Tuolumne River
** I've done these day hikes

The trick in all these cases will be logistics: either securing a shuttle or finding parking.? Tuolumne offers the most possible options and gets you closest to the trail at the start.

If they're able to do this, I suspect they might change their minds about backpacking.? That was the case for me:? I hiked some parts of the JMT in 2015; I ended up doing the full trail three years later.

-Glenn
 

Note:? Glacier Point road is closed this year for reconstruction, so there won't be a shuttle to GP in 2022.
 

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Will there be any shuttles?

On 2/15/2022 6:31 AM, steve herr via groups.io wrote:

Note:? Glacier Point road is closed this year for reconstruction, so there won't be a shuttle to GP in 2022.
 

On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 06:57 AM, Rick wrote:
Will there be any shuttles?
They had the Valley shuttle running near New Years, so there's hope for the Summer.
Randy
 

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There will be shuttles on the east side (Reno to Lone Pine) and west side as well.?

Sent from my mobile phone. Please excuse any misspellings.?

On Feb 15, 2022, at 12:02 PM, WanderingJim <jimjmt2020@...> wrote:

?On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 06:57 AM, Rick wrote:
Will there be any shuttles?
They had the Valley shuttle running near New Years, so there's hope for the Summer.

 

The answer?partly depends on your definition?of a day hike.

About 5 years ago I did a day hike from Agnew Meadows to Shadow Lake to Garnet Lake to Thousand Island Lake and back?to Agnew.? This follows the JMT from a bit past Shadow Lake to Thousand Island Lake.? I think it was about 19 miles, so a long day (at least for me).? Very scenic.

If you return from Thousand Island to Angew via the High Trail, you get a bit of the PCT too (and an incredible view of the Minarets from a distance)

It was that hike that motivated me to transition?from a day hiker to a (novice) backpacker.
 

ESTA will be running their 395 service Mon-Fri
Red's Meadow Shuttle will be running
Valley Shuttle will be running om Yosemite
YARTS will be operating a full schedule on all routes
The NPS Tuolumne Meadows trailhead shuttles are planned to be operated
The concessionaire's Tuolumne Meadows Hiker's bus from the Valley to TM is slated to run.
The Glacier Point shuttle will not run since the road will be closed.
ESTA will probably not operate the Bishop Creek Shuttle anymore.
 

Where did you see or hear the Bishop Creek ESTA shuttle might not run this year?? I can't find anything on their?website indicating that?

Thanks

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:27 AM steve herr via <groundhogsteve=[email protected]> wrote:
ESTA will be running their 395 service Mon-Fri
Red's Meadow Shuttle will be running
Valley Shuttle will be running om Yosemite
YARTS will be operating a full schedule on all routes
The NPS Tuolumne Meadows trailhead shuttles are planned to be operated
The concessionaire's Tuolumne Meadows Hiker's bus from the Valley to TM is slated to run.
The Glacier Point shuttle will not run since the road will be closed.
ESTA will probably not operate the Bishop Creek Shuttle anymore.
Randy
 

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I actually made a reservation for that route.?

Sent from my mobile phone. Please excuse any misspellings.?

On Feb 16, 2022, at 12:24 PM, Curt Kinchen <ptcurt@...> wrote:

?
Where did you see or hear the Bishop Creek ESTA shuttle might not run this year?? I can't find anything on their?website indicating that?

Thanks

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:27 AM steve herr via <groundhogsteve=[email protected]> wrote:
ESTA will be running their 395 service Mon-Fri
Red's Meadow Shuttle will be running
Valley Shuttle will be running om Yosemite
YARTS will be operating a full schedule on all routes
The NPS Tuolumne Meadows trailhead shuttles are planned to be operated
The concessionaire's Tuolumne Meadows Hiker's bus from the Valley to TM is slated to run.
The Glacier Point shuttle will not run since the road will be closed.
ESTA will probably not operate the Bishop Creek Shuttle anymore.

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