JMT 2021 Nobo - Part 1: Days 1-6, Horseshoe Meadows To Onion Valley
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Our 2021 northbound thru hike of the John Muir Trail. We started July 20th at Horseshoe Meadows hiking over Cottonwood Pass. 6 days later we exited Onion Valley for resupply in the town of Independence. Part 2 will cover us going back over Kearsarge Pass to our second resupply at Vermillion Valley Resort. Part 3 will cover VVR to Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley.
00:00 Video Start
00:19 Horseshoe Meadows - Cottonwood Pass Trailhead
01:20 Cottonwood Pass
01:39 Chicken Spring Lake
02:26 Rock Creek
03:37 Day 2
04:37 Guyot Pass
05:46 Crabtree Meadow
06:39 Timberline Lake
07:17 Guitar Lake
08:07 Day 3
09:17 Trail Crest
11:24 Mt Whitney Summit
14:17 Skypilot
15:00 Crabtree Meadow
15:14 Day 4
16:12 Sandy Meadow
16:40 Wallace Creek
17:16 Bighorn Plateau
18:33 Tyndall Creek
20:00 Day 5
21:50 Donald Downs Memorial
22:52 Forester Pass
25:26 Bear Sighting
25:39 Vidette Meadow
25:50 Day 6
26:09 Bullfrog Lake Trail
26:34 Kearsarge Pass
26:52 Gilbert Lake
27:16 Independence Inn
27:56 Hike Stats
By far my favorite JMT videos on RUclips. Very well done. Love all the stats at the end.
Thanks so much!
@@RickandAndreaGetOutside lol I'm rewatching it now. Probably have gone through all 3 videos multiple times in the last few days. I'm NoBo this July. And your itinerary looks great. I can carry less food thanks to you guys. Incredible incredible work. Happy trails guys.
Thanks! Are you starting through Cottonwood Pass? We loved the trip so much we are going to do the High Sierra Trail in July. Maybe we'll see you on the JMT portion.
@@RickandAndreaGetOutside would absolutely love to run into you guys on trail. I'll be a huge fan boy. Lol. I'll be starting from cottonwood lakes area on July 15th.
@@edizzle2427 It might happen! We start July 17th, will be hitting the junction of the JMT around July 20th.
Wonderfully informative videos! Best I've seen for those planning their own adventure.
Thanks Jennifer!
I love how excited y'all are on your first day!! I sure know that feeling with long hikes
Thanks! We were definitely looking forward to it!
Thank you guys for putting this out. Gave me the inspiration to give JMT NOBO a try. Made it from HM to OV. Learned a lot. Amazing adventure, which has me now planning to do Section A of PCT.
Thanks! glad we helped inspire you. Congrats on hiking to OV, a great section. Did you summit Whitney? PCT Section A is great, we've done it and its beautiful, challenging.
For Whitney, Did not have a wag bag. Checked Ranger cabin at Crabtree for one but no luck. To be honest, the big draw for me was Forester Pass NOBO. It just looked intimidating. Definitely a highlight for me, although my short trip was just full of wonderment!
We were intimidated by Forester pass also, turned out to be much easier than we thought it would be.@@bounderguy-1089
Great video! Thanks for sharing! July NoBo 2023 will offer some new challenges, but looking forward to it
Thanks Adam! Best of luck on your Nobo hike. We have permits for the Yosemite High Sierra Camps Loop in August and Rae Lakes Loop in September. Going to be buggy and there will be tricky water crossings this year. Be careful on the passes Adam!
Great video you two! We're planning on a similar itinerary for this coming summer to finish our final section of the JMT NOBO :) We had hiked the JMT SOBO in 2019, and really loved this section over Forester, and through the Bighorn Plateau. It's amazing how the scenery changes going the opposite direction! Happy trails!
Thanks! Agree the scenery changes going the other way. Andrea and I hope to do the JMT SOBO sometime in the future!
Amazing!! Thank you for sharing!
Nice! My daughter and I were there at the Cottonwood Lakes trailhead just a few days after you. And then we came back and did nearly the same route to Whitney just about three weeks after you. Very fun to watch.
Thanks! We really enjoyed staying at Guitar Lake and summiting Whitney from that side. Will be doing it again in July as we have a permit for the HST.
Thank you so much you two for posting this JMT video series! Definitely my favorite and an ideal itinerary for hiking NOBO - very well thought out. I liked it so much I’ve decided to adopt it too! I’ll hike out of cottonwood pass on July 5th 2022 and hope to finish 22 days later. Would love to say hello and thank you in person if I see you two on the trail! - Jake
Hi Jake! Thanks so much! Glad our video helped you plan your hike. I can email you a spreadsheet of our itinerary - it has our original plan and the "as hiked" stats. PM me on Instagram (rsarpolus) with your email address if you'd like. It would be great to run into you on the trail. Andrea and I will be hiking the High Sierra Trail in July. We start from Crescent Meadow on July 17th and should be summiting Whitney on July 23rd. But you will probably be north of us by that time. Best of luck on your JMT thru-hike!
@@RickandAndreaGetOutside Thanks Rick! Will message you for your itinerary- will definitely help out. Have an epic time on the high Sierra trail!
Hi Rick! Sent you a message on Instagram with my email. Would love to receive the itinerary you mentioned - Much appreciated!
My son and I started out of the same trailhead this past July but a little sooner.. out start date was July 7. The north bound route ended up being, I think, a lot better for us than south bound… more days on trail and more miles! We loved it!
We loved hiking the JMT also! Planning on doing the High Sierra Trail this summer. What day did you start from Horseshoe Meadow?
@@RickandAndreaGetOutside we started from HSM on July 7 so we were a few days behind. We took our time because we just wanted to enjoy the trip. We did 22 days hiking… some days we were done at 1 p.m…. I think our latest day was 3 p.m. or so. A couple days we really burned some miles. We did 11 miles before 10 a.m to get into Reds Meadow for breakfast!! LOL We were on a very similar itinerary to what you did. We are planning the HST this July 2022 as well!! Almost permit time!!!
@@JuanMoreFish Cool - you guys were a couple of weeks ahead of us. Yes, we are shooting for a mid-July start from Crescent Meadow, maybe we will see you on the trail!
Great video. We are doing your route next month..so exciting! I
Thanks! Best of luck on your JMT journey!
Great accomplishment - Excellent job on the video!!!
Thanks Randy!
Super cool video! Can’t wait to see the rest of your journey.
Spectacular!! Trish and I loved part 1 and looking forward to seeing 2 & 3. Definitely inspires us to get outdoors more often.
Thanks for watching!
Planning my trip for next summer, NOBO as well. This video is so comprehensive and glad you include the name of the camps you stayed at. I already summited Whitney so dont know if I should do it again but most likely will.
Summiting Whitney was one of my favorite parts of the trip. Glad you found the video helpful. Good luck on the JMT next year.
Enjoyed the video. Your trip really mirrored ours so far. Looking forward to seeing the rest
Thanks Tyler. I’m going to watch the rest of yours too.
Awesome job! Really looked like a fun time.
Thanks for watching!
Very cool video. Thanks for making this. Inspiring me to return and summit this time (skipped Whitney side trip JMT2017/18).
Thanks Matt! Camping at Guitar Lake and summiting Whitney was one of the highlights of our JMT trek!
We did OVCG to Whitney Portal early August. Really enjoyed watching the trek northbound! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching Timothy! OVCG to the Portal sounds like a great way to do Whitney!
The video is excellent!! I am so glad I got to hike with you guys some on days 2 and 3.
Hi Lee! We enjoyed meeting you too! How did you guys do on the rest of your JMT Trip?
It was a blessed trip. We finished on 8/5 without any problems. I look forward to hearing about the rest of your trip!
@@leeeasley just watched your video! Great job! So cool you guys were able to summit Half Dome. Very cool and congrats to you, Tim and Doug!
THANK YOU!!! Great video! I have not watched all 3 parts yet but I am NOBO in July--just got my permit!!!!!! Flight, shuttle and 1st resupply all booked! My 60th b-day present to myself! Woo-hooo!!!! Your stats / itinerary are helping me plan! :D
Congrats on your permit Jen! Glad our videos are helpful. Watching RUclips videos helped us plan our trip last year. And Happy Birthday! We may run into you as Andrea and I are heading out on the High Sierra Trail in July.
@@RickandAndreaGetOutside Oh that would be so cool! Happy trails!
Great video. Excellent videography and music, and just the right amount of narration. Very enjoyable! Would have been fun if Marmalade and I could have joined you on this trip, but life got in the way for us both. I am looking forward to seeing the rest of your trip and living the JMT vicariously.
Thanks! Definitely would love get out on a hike with you and Marmalade sometime in the future.
@@RickandAndreaGetOutside That would be awesome. Also, if you two find yourselves in western Washington, I could take you to some cool places in the Olympics, our “home turf”.
Congratulations on a very well-done video! Your pictures and the video brought back great memories for me. I'm wondering if you ever considered posting a gear list and also what you liked best as well as what you would leave behind if you were to do the hike again? Once again, great video!
Thanks so much Dennis! I've thought about gear videos but haven't got around to making one yet. I was glad to have brought the solar cell, that worked great keeping our devices charged up. Wish I would have brought my ultralight camp chair, was tired of sitting on my bear canister or rocks after 3 weeks, would have liked to have the back support, will probably take it when we hike in Yosemite next month.
Awesome adventure! Day one and smiling... Think I would take the mule! :-) Amazing summit! Was that a Bristle Cone Pine? It is one of my bucket list items to see! Day six and still smiling...Fantastic! You guys did an awesome job for sure... Take great care and hope you are looking forward to a wonderful week! Bruce and Otis
Thanks Bruce! That could very well be a bristle cone tree but they are not very prevalent in that area. I have seen the amazing bristle cone forest in the White Mountains east of the Sierras. Very much worth a visit if you get to California!
As others have commented, great series of videos! Extremely useful in planning my 22 NOBO trek. Gear question: what solar panel did you use and did you find it useful to carry? Thank you both for taking the time to record and share your adventures with us; inspirational!
Hi Zach, thanks so much! I carried the Goal Zero Nomad 10 solar panel and was very happy with it. I'm a bit paranoid about running out of juice so also carried 2 batteries. As it turned out I could have done without the 2nd battery as the solar cell worked great. I plugged in the battery to the cell and charged as we walked. During longer breaks I would set it up for max sun. It kept the battery charged up to near full most days. Going to take it again when we do the High Sierra Trail in July, will only take one battery this time!
The best JMT video I have seen and I have seen many. You have inspired me to do the JMT myself and I will be applying for a permit Late this summer. What month did you do this hike? Do you have a gear list of what you took? I am especially interested in which OR hoody you wore, looks like you wore it every day for the entire trip. I want one.
Thanks Brady! We started July 20th and finished August 10th. The OR Echo hoody is awesome, I did wear it every day. PM me on Instagram (rsarpolus) and I'll send you my gear list.
What a beautiful trip! I've seen countless PCT videos, and the JMT part always stuck in my head. It definitely is one of the most beautiful hikes I've ever seen.
But I never thought it could be a thing for me since I'm in my early 50ies and the body hurts here and there.
But your video ripens the decision in me to tackle it anyway. At least the planning. It's a dream, but hey, dreams are not out there to stay dreams, they are out there to become true!
By the way how was the moskito situation during your trip?
Best regards from Germany.
Happy hiking,
Reiner
Hi Reiner - You should definitely plan to hike the JMT. I'm 58 and wasn't sure initially that I was up to the task. I'm so glad I hiked this beautiful trail with my wife. Fortunately we encountered very few mosquitos which I believe is due to the low amount of snow that fell in the Sierras last winter.
Great Video! And thanks for adding the milage and elevation data (that's going to help me plan!). Question: Did you summit Whitney in full packs (minus the tent)?
Thanks Jeff! We left as much as we could in our tent at Guitar Lake, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, stove, etc. Left our food in the bear canister, just brought the snacks we needed. Basically just had some extra layers and water. The hike up to Whitney was easier than we expected, helped to have spent 3 days above 10,000 feet to get acclimated. Then when we got back to Guitar Lake and as you probably figured out from the video we packed up and headed down to Crabtree Meadow. Worked out fairly well. Are you planning to hike the JMT this summer? Nobo?
@@RickandAndreaGetOutside In 2017 a buddy and I were going to do 1000 Island Lakes to Horseshoe SOBO but there were still feet and feet of snow. So we opted for the Collegiate Loop on the Colorado Trail (highly recommend). Been trying to get back west ever since. I actually planned the trip from your 1st video from scratch and was within 3/10 of your mileage. So your video 1 trip is possible! I might even do it solo. A full JMT NOBO trip might be more challenging due to low mileage days (I can't picture myself going 15-20 per day and enjoying it) and that I live in VA and have to be done by early August at the latest (teaching). We will see. I have to watch your other parts! The JMT has always been a dream. Did you like NOBO? Advantage = sun at your back?
@@jeffandre3007 we definitely want to do the CT someday. This summer we are planning to hike the High Sierra Trail, going to try to get the permit for July next week. NOBO worked out really well for us. Over the 21 days hiking, (22 total with one zero) we averaged just under 13 miles but as you'll see in Part 2 we had a 4 day stretch where we averaged 17+ miles per day, VVR rest day was much needed after that. I think some of the passes are easier NOBO but some are easier SOBO. Biggest advantage it seems of going NOBO is not having to do that big climb out of Yosemite Valley. That said, we would like to go SOBO someday starting from Tuolumne Meadows. I might consider a different resupply strategy next time. As you can see in the vids we did the resupply trips to Onion Valley/Independence and VVR. These resupply side trips added 30 miles and several days to the trip. Might do resupply at MTR/Reds/Tuolumne if I did the JMT again.
9:17 this is not Trail Crest, but Trail Junction. You never reach Trail Crest if you do not leave to Whitney Portal. Trail Junction is about 13.2k or 13.3k elevation.
Hi Henning Rech, yes, I got this wrong. I realized later that Trail Crest is another quarter mile or so down the trail and a few hundred feet higher. I did manage to get it labeled correctly in my HST video. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
Hi guys my wife & I love all your videos. I have a question for ya. I am planning on doing the JMT & the ? Is I am heading out of cottonwood pass trail head the first night I would like to make it to Wallace creek but if I go past chicken spring lake and run out of steam before Wallace Creek is there any campsites in between the two? Thanks for any information you can share is highly appreciated. Happy hiking
Hi Trish and Larry! Thanks so much! I assume you mean Rock Creek not Wallace Creek as that is a little past Crabtree Meadow. Looking at the FarOut app, there is a campsite 5.7 miles past Chicken Spring Lake (PCT Mile Mark 757.7), about 3 miles before the Rock Creek camping spot. There may be other spots to camp in between, just remember to look for a durable surface (leave no trace principles) to pitch your tent. Hope this helps!
Yes you are right it was the first night you guys camped at. I was thinking that Chicken Springs Lake is too short of a day & if I can’t make it to Rock creek. Thanks for getting back with me.
Great video, one question. What was the white clip dangling from your strap. I was curious what that was used for.
Thanks Maggie. That's a small digital thermometer. Kinda nice to know what the temps are. Temps/weather always a topic of conversation on the trail!
@@RickandAndreaGetOutside thank you! My husband and I just watched your video last night during our research. We are hoping to hike the JMT next summer. So thank you very much! I could see how that became very handy!
Link for the thermometer I have: www.thermoworks.com/thermodrop. Good luck on the JMT. We got a lot of valuable info from watching JMT videos on RUclips that helped us plan our hike. There's a lot of good ones out there. Hope ours helps too.
@@RickandAndreaGetOutside thank you for the link! It definitely did. We look forward to going!
Hi, great video. Thanks for the upload! Couple of questions. Do you have a spreadsheet of your itinerary and how did you acclimate? What elevation do you live? Thank you for any information you can provide.
Thanks! Yes, I can send you a spreadsheet of our itinerary. We spendt the night before we started at Horseshoe Meadows which is at 10.000'. The first day wasn't too bad with 1700' of gain and were able to get acclimated a little more. Felt fully acclimated by Guitar Lake. We live in San Diego, basically at Sea Level. You can private message me on Instagram (rsarpolus) with an email address and I will send you the spreadsheet. Are you planning to hike the JMT this year?
@@RickandAndreaGetOutside thank you for the quick reply! I would love to get a copy of your spreadsheet. My friend and I are planning to hike the JMT this year if we can obtain a permit. We are looking at different options to achieve this, I.e NOBO, getting a walk up permit (if they do that this year), or starting at Lyell. We both live at basically sea level (1200 ft) and are worried about acclimating. I just sent you a follow request on IG and will send you my email after approval. Thank you!
Got your follow request, accepted. Living in SoCal gives us a chance to see how we do at high altitude. Lots of hiking above 9000-10000 feet near us. Good luck with your permit.
Nice Job! What camera did you shoot this with? Lens?
Thanks David! We shot all the video on our iPhones. I have the 12 pro max. It does an amazing job.
what did you label your starting point as on your permit? i know horseshoe meadows but is that what it says on permit
When you select the permit you pick a starting Trailhead. We got a permit for Cottonwood Pass as our entry point in the Inyo National Forest. The permit doesn't actually say anything about Horseshoe Meadows. You can also get a permit for the Cottonwood Lakes trailhead. You can get to the PCT via either trail. Hope this helps.
@@RickandAndreaGetOutside thanks