John Muir in 1912 From north to south the trail starts in Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley and winds to Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States. The 221-mile trail ends ...

M ore than 1,500 people attempt to walk the entire John Muir Trail every year. A bit more than half of them succeed in a good ...

It is here on the John Muir Trail, from Mt. Whitney to Yosemite Valley -- with dozens of connector links available for shorter trips -- where hikers can launch into North America's highest hiking ...