The route
John Muir Trail
335.4 km and 13,890 m of climbing along the Sierra Nevada crest, from Happy Isles in Yosemite up to Mount Whitney's summit.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 335.4 km
- Elevation gain
- 13,890 m
- Highest point
- 4,412 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 39
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
The John Muir Trail starts at Happy Isles, at 1,248 m in Yosemite Valley, and reaches Mount Whitney along the crest of the Sierra Nevada. Named in honour of the naturalist John Muir, this long-distance trail covers 335.4 km on the route, with 13,890 m of climbing.
After Cathedral Pass (km 26.7), the trail crosses Donohue Pass at km 56.6, then strings together Silver Pass (km 129.1), Selden Pass (km 160.7) and Muir Pass (km 204.5). Mather Pass (km 240.1), Pinchot Pass (km 255.9) and Glen Pass (km 282.1) follow, before Forester Pass at km 301.6.
The high point is the summit itself: 4,412 m at km 335.4, where the trail ends. The longest climb opens the route, gaining 1,712 m between km 0 and km 18.8. The final stretch climbs to Mount Whitney, first ascended in 1873.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The relief of the crossing, from Happy Isles to Mount Whitney, takes shape in contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your name and your dates sit in the cartouche, in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek