More than 1,500 people attempt to walk the entire John Muir Trail every year ... meadows of Lyell Canyon before crossing the first mountain pass of the trail – Donahue Pass.

L ast summer, I hiked 180 miles of the 211+ mile John Muir Trail (JMT) with my 11 year old son. The JMT runs through the Eastern Sierra mountains in California, starting from Yosemite Valley to ...