TH: Roads End
• 5,040 ft
Grouse Lake
• 10,470 ft
Alt: Sky Pilot Col
5.7 mi
1,443 ft
-2,467 ft
Heavy bushwhacking
Alt: Vennacher Col
3.8 mi
1,610 ft
-1,844 ft
Class 3, technically more difficult than Frozen Lake Pass
inconspicuous saddle
• 11,949 ft
Knapsack Pass
• 11,687 ft
Dusy Basin-End of Ch 2
• 10,793 ft
Windy Ridge
• 11,037 ft
Stay above and E of lks
• 10,832 ft
Jct: Join Bishop Pass Tr
• 10,755 ft
JMT/PCT Big Pete Meadow
• 9,243 ft
Evolution Basin
• 11,236 ft
Gray Pass
• 10,812 ft
Alt: Alpine Col
5.3 mi
1,878 ft
-1,651 ft
Easier than Snow Tongue Pass, well traveled
NB: Leave JMT at switchback
• 10,717 ft
Stay btw 10,700 & 11,000, path of least resistance, no perfect line
• 10,796 ft
Snow Tongue Pass
• 12,201 ft
Alt: Keyhole
2.4 mi
872 ft
-1,567 ft
Cross Piute Pass Tr, do not follow
• 11,035 ft
Alt: Hutchinson Mdw
5.6 mi
472 ft
-1,502 ft
Puppet Pass
• 11,808 ft
Jct: Join Pine Creek Pass Trail
• 10,276 ft
White Pass
• 11,699 ft
Alt: Royce Lakes
7.2 mi
2,954 ft
-2,024 ft
White Bear Pass
• 11,977 ft
Red Pass
• 11,578 ft
Alt: Jumble Lake
1.0 mi
240 ft
-610 ft
Steep gullies down
• 10,575 ft
Alt: JMT Bypass
3.8 mi
1,619 ft
-89 ft
• 10,708 ft
• 11,341 ft
Saddle overlooking Thousand Island Lk
• 10,138 ft
• 9,895 ft
• 9,702 ft
NB: Join Mills Crk Tr (not maintained)
• 9,156 ft
Marion Lake Outlet
• 10,307 ft
Laurel Lake outlet
• 10,301 ft
• 10,238 ft
• 10,643 ft
• 10,096 ft
• 10,538 ft
• 9,822 ft
Mather Pass
• 12,091 ft
• 8,402 ft
Reds Meadow
• 7,649 ft
• 9,034 ft
Jct: Trail at Mammoth Pass
• 9,352 ft
Devil's Postpile, end of Ch 4
• 7,605 ft
• 8,994 ft
Grouse Lake Pass
• 11,066 ft
Lower Palisade Lake, leave JMT here
• 10,615 ft
inconspicuous saddle
• 9,778 ft
• 9,953 ft
• 10,198 ft
• 10,062 ft
• 9,847 ft
• 10,006 ft
• 10,468 ft
Deep Canyon bottom
• 9,724 ft
• 9,550 ft
• 9,968 ft
• 10,054 ft
• 9,905 ft
• 10,193 ft
• 10,184 ft
Blue Lk N shore
• 10,534 ft
• 10,904 ft
• 10,573 ft
• 11,528 ft
• 10,376 ft
• 10,050 ft
• 9,635 ft
• 8,775 ft
• 9,532 ft
• 9,725 ft
• 9,556 ft
• 9,257 ft
• 8,925 ft
Vogelsang Lake
• 10,344 ft
Muir Pass
• 11,969 ft
Saddle btwn Spuller & Maul Lks
• 10,374 ft
NB: Class 2 ramp critical; go further west
• 11,028 ft
Sheperd Lake W Shore
• 10,325 ft
Jct: indistinct path up slope
• 9,997 ft
NB: Go downhill towards Grey Butte
• 9,308 ft
Feather Pass
• 12,379 ft
NB: Pickup good trail around here
• 8,180 ft
Mtn: Mt Conness
• 12,561 ft
12,590 ft
• 11,911 ft
Mtn: Windy Point
• 11,211 ft
Mtn: Feather Peak
• 12,797 ft
Goat Crest Saddle
• 11,461 ft
Mtn: Mt Ritter
• 13,109 ft
Class 3, maybe an ice ax, head SW from the bleak tarn up to the glacier and up
Teddy Bear Lake
• 11,052 ft
Mtn: Peak 11,348
• 11,356 ft
View of Mammoth Lakes region and Ritter Range
Shuttle to Mammoth Lakes
• 7,573 ft
Starts late June on average snow year
Alt: Keyhole Col
• 12,544 ft
Alt: Alpine Col
• 12,332 ft
Lower than Keyhole
Mtn: Peak 10,800+
• 10,845 ft
10 min walk, view to Half Dome
Mtn: Stanton Pk
• 11,650 ft
Class 2 talus, 500 ft gain, unique views of glacially carved valleys of N Yosemite
Mtn: Matterhorn Pk
• 12,221 ft
Mtn: Shepard Crest, Cl 2, +400 ft
• 12,020 ft
Copper Creek
• 5,048 ft
Gabbot Pass
• 12,274 ft
Try to cross Mono Crk on blow-downs, NB follow Mono Pass Tr NE
• 8,529 ft
LeConte Canyon
• 8,713 ft
Bighorn Pass
• 11,261 ft
Glacier Valley
• 9,934 ft
Izaak Walton Lake
• 10,271 ft
Shout of Relief Pass
• 11,416 ft
Jct: Laurel Lake Tr
• 8,799 ft
Glacier Lakes
• 10,683 ft
Jct: Leave JMT/PCT
• 10,309 ft
Base map switches Imperial/Metric
• 11,038 ft
Solid use tr through valley
• 9,990 ft
Jct: Trail
• 9,082 ft
Jct: NB take Becks Lake Tr, leave JMT
• 8,102 ft
Whitebark Pass
• 10,510 ft
• 10,197 ft
Jct: Trail at Lewis Crk
• 8,715 ft
Vogelsang Pass
• 10,661 ft
Jct: Trail
• 9,834 ft
Blue Lake Pass
• 11,265 ft
• 10,344 ft
Tuolumne Pass
• 10,003 ft
• 9,118 ft
Dana Fork, major ford, Tioga Rd
• 9,242 ft
Great Sierra Mine
• 10,791 ft
Stanton Pass
• 11,185 ft
• 10,622 ft
• 11,184 ft
• 7,806 ft
• 9,643 ft
Nb: Join tr
• 9,421 ft
Old JMT hard to find
• 10,649 ft
• 10,275 ft
Leave Deer Lks Tr, begin xc
• 10,404 ft
• 9,450 ft
Frozen Lake Pass
• 12,347 ft
JMT/PCT
• 11,117 ft
JMT/PCT
• 11,603 ft
Bleak tarn
• 10,091 ft
• 10,250 ft
• 10,391 ft
Alt: Mt Ansel Adams
1.2 mi
511 ft
-1,313 ft
• 9,914 ft
• 9,852 ft
Spuller Lake
• 10,251 ft
• 10,378 ft
• 11,049 ft
Mtn: Lembert Dome
• 9,392 ft
Peak bagging
• 9,964 ft
Gaylor Lakes tr
• 9,301 ft
Jct: JMT/PCT, take JMT
• 7,693 ft
Glacier Lake Pass
• 11,169 ft
Leave Becks Lake Tr, begin xc
• 9,391 ft
Nancy Pass
• 10,178 ft
• 9,154 ft
TH: Mono Village & Twin Lakes
• 7,104 ft
Volegsand High Sierra Camp (Res. Reqd)
• 10,128 ft
E ridge of Mt Conness, spur to lake
• 11,126 ft
Trail fades
• 10,051 ft
Sky Pilot Col
• 11,648 ft
Jct: McGee Pass Tr, Horse Heaven
• 9,709 ft
Hot, dry trail-Plan AM ascent
• 6,239 ft
• 10,096 ft
Mtn: Mt Hilgard
• 13,369 ft
Just a few hours from Lake Italy outlet
Follow N side, S side unsafe
• 11,216 ft
Alt: Cartridge Pass
• 11,751 ft
Purple Lake Outlet
• 9,939 ft
Cascade Lk outlet
• 10,301 ft
Off-trail bypass
• 10,158 ft
Slabs + chutes
• 10,156 ft
Jct: Join tr
• 10,516 ft
McCabe/Secret Lake Pass
• 11,213 ft
Alt: Bench Canyon
3.8 mi
1,403 ft
-1,384 ft
Extra 1,000 ft loss/gain
Short side tr to water
• 8,581 ft
• 10,646 ft
Mtn: Peak 9,988
• 9,968 ft
Rounded bump. Excellent views of Ritter Range and canyon of North Fork.
Tuolumne Meadows Lodge, End Ch 5
• 8,708 ft
Jct: JMT/PCT
• 8,721 ft
Mtn: Seven Gables
• 12,992 ft
Alt: Lyell Fork Mdw
5.4 mi
1,963 ft
-3,010 ft
Adventurous, avoids trail, Lyell Fk Mdw is gorgeous, steep, north facing gullies only safe in late season when free of snow
NB: Go N at jct to reach Red's Meadow
• 7,994 ft
Cross Virginia Canyon Tr, do not follow
• 9,300 ft
Mtn: Vogelsang Peak
• 11,494 ft
Excellent views of Tuolumne Meadows peaks. Class 2 from the pass.
Mtn: Gaylor Peak
• 10,999 ft
Peak bagging
Follow NW shore
• 10,727 ft
• 9,552 ft
Alt: Vennacher Col
• 12,431 ft
Mtn: Volcanic Ridge
• 11,492 ft
Begin from north end of Minaret Lake, excellent bird's eyes views, easy scramble
Jct: Mineret Lk Tr
• 9,623 ft
Minaret Lake
• 9,828 ft
Jct: NB leave trail
• 9,774 ft
Tricky, reach mdw btwn pts, then contour NW b4 descending
• 10,469 ft
• 10,302 ft
Cirque Pass
• 12,077 ft
• 10,104 ft
Potluck Pass
• 12,240 ft
NB: Join Isberg Pass Tr
• 10,019 ft
Jct: JMT/PCT, NB join for 6mi
• 9,516 ft
Follow E shore
• 10,483 ft
Jct: Take State Lakes Tr East
• 9,887 ft
Lake Virginia inlet
• 10,353 ft
NB: Begin XC at the saddle
• 10,317 ft
NB: Leave tr at pass, tr jct at Sierra Crest with Deer Lakes Tr
• 10,813 ft
Horse Creek Pass
• 10,717 ft
Jct: Trail
• 8,673 ft
NB: Join JMT/PCT for 6mi
• 11,366 ft
Alt: Silver Divide
2.9 mi
1,501 ft
-1,186 ft
Requires extra elevation, traverses loose slate, holds snow/ice until September.
Mtn: North Palisade
• 14,232 ft
Mine Shaft Pass, distinct red/white melange of rock
• 10,911 ft
Jct: Trail at Cecile outlet
• 10,082 ft
N Twin Lk outlet, major ford
• 9,665 ft
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