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[pct-l] JMT Trail Guide
- Subject: [pct-l] JMT Trail Guide
- From: ECA <echavez@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 00:41:30 -0700
- Organization: ECA
At 12:00 AM 6/8/98 -0500, Allan Gould asked:
>Planning a hike on JMT in Sept (permit-permitting)
>Wondering if there's a handbook for the JMT, or whether
>it's best to just use the relevant sections PCT handbook
The JMT guide book by Thomas Winnett is okay, but I used another
guidebook which I find is much better:
The John Muir Tail by Don & Robera Lowe.
The book describes the JMT North to South. I prefer it to the Winnett
guidebook cause it has good descriptions of side trails, trips and
viewpoints. It also has good pictures, many of which I tried to find on
the JMT. One picture in particular is on page 47, called the "Laughing
Rock" in Evolution Basin. Of the people who I met at Muir Pass, no one
seemed to notice the rock, except for me. The book has good topo maps,
elevation profiles and a stat section in the back. Check it out.
Ernest Chavez
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