John Muir Trail: Agnew Meadows to Tuolumne Meadows

Plan to meet your guides and group at 2pm on at the Tuolumne Meadows Wilderness Center for a short meet-and-greet. Please be on time! After we park our cars in the Wilderness Center parking lot and place our scented items in bear lockers, we will quickly hop on our private shuttle to the Agnew Meadows Campground, where we will spend our first night! Your guides will prepare a hearty dinner and campfire.

*If you miss the shuttle you will be responsible for getting yourself to the Agnew Meadows Campground.

After breakfast we’ll break camp and hand off our gear to the muleskinners, who will be traveling separately from the group. We’ll begin our hike mid-morning from Agnew Meadows hiking along the Pacific Crest Trail into the Ansel Adams Wilderness reaching our camp at the beautiful Clark Lakes by late afternoon.

7 miles, Elevation: +2142’/ -696′

This morning we’ll quickly connect with the JMT at the aptly named and wildly scenic Thousand Island Lake. We then continue on to the Davis Lakes area through some of the most picturesque sub-alpine Muir Trail country in the shadow of Mt Banner (12,936) and the Kuna Crest (12,000+’).

6 miles, Elevation +1121’/ -957′

This morning’s objective is Donahue Pass, which marks the entrance to Yosemite. We’ll then travel under the Lyell Glacier, dropping several thousand feet into picturesque Lyell Canyon. We’ll make our final night’s camp alongside the meandering Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River beneath the Kuna Crest.

10 miles, Elevation: +1289/ -2500′

After packing up camp one final time, we’ll out to the granite-dome filled Tuolumne Meadows through Lyell Canyon 8 miles. We’ll meet the mule team to pick up our gear in time for you to grab lunch at the Tuolumne Grill, Tioga Pass Resort, or the Whoa Nelly Deli.

8 miles, Elevation: +322/-633′