JMT Section Hike! North Lake to South Lake Loop 2020
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- In July 2020, we set off to backpack a section of the John Muir Trail (JMT) in the Sierra Nevada backcountry, known as the North Lake to South Lake Loop. The North & South lakes, are within Bishop Creek Canyon near Bishop, California. This hike took us from North Lake up and over Piute Pass, to the JMT. From there we headed South, to beautiful Evolution Valley, over Muir Pass, down LeConte Canyon to the Bishop Pass cutoff. Then we headed up through gorgeous Dusy Basin and over Bishop Pass, and down to South Lake.
Our hike took us through some of the most beautiful parts of the John Muir Trail (JMT). It is roughly 56 miles long, and we spent 4 nights and 5 days hiking the loop.
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Filmed using our GoPro 7 black, and iPhones 8 plus & SE
Gear used:
Garmin InReach mini
Garmin Fenix 5
GoPro 7 Black
iPhone 8, SE
Osprey Exxos packs
Z-Packs multi-pack
UGQ Equipment quilts
Big Agnes Tigerwall UL3 tent
Nemo Tensor pads
Hoka One One Speedgoat 3 trail runners
Altra Lonepeak 4.0 trail runners
Katadyn BeFree water system/filter
Helinox Chair Zero(s)
MSR Pocket Rocket stove
Toaks titanium 550ML pot
Music used in order on video:
Happy Life by FREDJI / fredjimusic
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Shaal Region by Low Tree
Birds in Flight by Dan Lebowitz
Morning Mandolin by Chris Haugen
Moving On - Wayne Jones Support by RFM - NCM: • Moving On - Wayne Jone...
5-0 July by Dan Lebowitz
Locally Sourced
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Lazy Afternoon by Dan Lebowitz
Verve (A-group)
Around the Corner
Eddie by Little Maps
Lights are Whistle
I did the reverse route a month after you did this one. I distinctly remember going down from Bishop pass thinking holy crap I'd never want to come up this way to get out...what a long climb. Great video of a great hike, thanks
Thanks Neda! That’s funny you said that cause we were thinking the same thing about going up Bishop Pass from the east side. Going down those switchbacks seemed seriously steep and didn’t think going up would be fun!😝 Guess we’ll see this summer… we got a permit to enter from South Lake😄 lol
@@chooseoutside8586 Awesome...I'm still gathering permits too. I loved that area. Got behind because of rain (and a too long nap) and had to walk through the Ducy basin area too quickly. I'm looking into a version staying up at those bench levels. Ever give any thought to the mostly off trail Ropers High Route? I'm trying to talk my way into the first section from roads end on the west side northeastish ending up at the bishop pass trail at the basin. It's somewhat brutal but keeps you in some of the best areas day after day. Best of luck on your adventures
@@nedanother9382 The 2 times we’ve passed through Dusy Basin, we didn’t enjoy it long enough. We’re planning on camping up on the benches our 1st night this time to soak it all in!😄 We’ve talked about the High Sierra Route, but haven’t nailed down when we’d like to do that. Maybe in the next couple years. Looks like a beautiful cross-country route! Enjoy your hike and good luck with the permits!
I did this same hike a couple of weeks before you guys. The mosquitoes lay in wait at Evolution Creek to feast on the backpackers who stop to take off their shoes!
Yes they do! Lol! We fell victim to them as well!
Very good footage covering the whole hike, very helpful! I'm very interested in this trail but after viewing the trail I think there are some sections that would be too challenging for me, it would take me forever to get up some of those steep grades. I stuck around for your out-takes, quite funny!
Thank you! We're so glad you enjoyed it! I think if you take your time, all of the climbs are do-able- it just depends on how much time you have. There's plenty of water the whole way, which we certainly appreciated :) We just do this for fun, so we're so happy to hear you enjoyed our silliness while trying to make the video! haha Happy trails, and please let us know if you have any specific questions that might help you decide on a trip. Happy New Year!
LOL! I just watched the end. I have the same problem. I have to do about 36 takes myself sometimes to spew out the right words. You two are a great duo!
Haha!!! Yeah, we just couldn’t seem to spit it out.... and that sent us into a laughing frenzy!!😂. Looking forward to checking out your videos!
I just watched your JMT video - it was awesome! And then I stumbled on this one. I did this same hike at the end of August (thankfully no mosquitos!). Odd that the Rock Monster had no teeth when we went by. We had nearly the same camp spots with the exception of your last night. We hiked down to the LeConte Canyon for our last night. Evolution Basin is spectacular - I'm hoping to do a quick trip next hiking season if I can snag a permit. Thanks for sharing your amazing adventures!
Thanks for your kind words Maryann! That’s so funny how you had almost the same camp spots when you hiked it! And what’s up with the rock monster losing its teeth?!! Sheesh!🙄. We hope you can score a permit for this summer. We picked one up already for Kearsarge Pass to Bishop Pass for early July. Maybe we’ll see you out on the trail! 😄
Such a beautiful area, best place on earth
It certainly is!
Hey guys it's Tanisha from Spectrum! I couldn't wait to get off of work so I decided to play it while I was here lol! I had to put it on close captions though. OMG that was an amazing trip!! You guys are some troopers for sure! The mountains and the lakes were so beautiful! I have so many questions lol...I won't ask them all but I am curious about the weather..so you guys were wanting to take a dip in a couple of the lakes but the mosquitoes were really bad, but then there was rain & hail and then I saw snow! Did temperatures greatly fluctuate? Definitely gonna check out your other videos.. loved the bloopers at the end too! 💙💙
Hi Tanisha! Too funny… we didn’t even know there was close captions for RUclips videos!😂 The mosquitos were crazy at the beginning of the trip, but that can be pretty typical. Jumping in that water is cold, but it feels SO dang good!😅 The Sierra Nevada mountains get some crazy weather up there during the summer! One minute it’s beautiful and sunny and the next it’s hailing or raining! (If you check out our Onion Valley to South Lake video, we hit a HUGE hail storm!😳) As for the temps, we’re at a pretty high elevation most of the time but at times have still seen high 80’s and at night it could get down into the 30’s. (During July/Aug). Hit the 20’s in September!🥶
We’re so glad you enjoyed the video and it was great talking to you earlier today!😊
Did a similar trip years ago. Instead of Piute Pass we went over Lamarck Col, down Darwin Canyon and contoured over to Evolution Lake.
Sounds like a great route Gary! Love evolution lake and the surrounding area
Hey, this is Yongsung. It was great bumping into you guys today near Agnew meadow trailhead.
Hope to watch more of your videos. They're awesome!
Hello Yongsung!
It was great to meet you the other day! Thank you for saying hello and for your kind words. We hope you had a great hike... so glad the smoke mostly cleared out 😊
Take care and hope to see you out there again sometime!
Loved your video!! Planning to do this loop this summer and can’t wait!
Thank you Sherry! You’ll love the loop- such a beautiful section of the trail ❤️ Enjoy!
Good stuff, as usual. Maybe a microphone would make a good addition to your camera? Pretty hard to make out a lot of your commentary. Music was much better volume in this video than last.
Thanks Gary! So glad you enjoyed it 😊
Yeah, we tried to do a better job to level out the music/vocal audio on this one. Thinking we’ll add subtitles on future videos when the background noise is too loud. Mic is a great idea 👍🏻
Thanks again for watching and commenting!
Love this video! Im going with my mom and sister beginning of August. How much did you packs weigh?
Thanks so much!😊 On this trip we started out around 32 lbs (David) and 30 lbs for me. That was including 6 days of food. Have a great time with your mom and sister this summer! 😃🤙🏻
Jessica, why do I feel like we're facebook friends? I'll go look, but your name is so familiar!
@@chooseoutside8586 Thank you this is super helpful!
@@chooseoutside8586 Haha I’ll have to check! =)
Nice video question what camera are you using?
Thank you! We were using a GoPro Hero 7 black, an iPhone SE and an iPhone 8 Plus.
Hi guys! Your video looks amazing - do you have any tips for the permit process?
Thank you Daneka!😊.
For getting the permits, you can reserve them 6 months ahead on recreation.gov. So after you figure out what day you want to start, hop on your computer EARLY and nab them! Also, before you do, have your itinerary planed out because you’ll have to enter that - in a set amount of time they give you or you’ll have to start over. Of course, if you’re talking about a permit for the JMT, that’s another process and can reserve 168 days before your entry date (rolling lottery). We did that in 2019 and we FINALLY got picked on our 41st try!!! 😅. We hope you get the permits(s) you want!!😃
hi what was the starting and ending trailhead for this trip? trying to land a permit for this hike. thanks for documenting , this was beautiful to watch
Hi, We started at North Lake at the Piute Pass trailhead in Bishop creek. Ended at South Lake trailhead at South Lake, then got a ride back to our vehicle at North Lake. Thank you- yeah it is a beautiful area for sure! Enjoy your trip!
@@chooseoutside8586 thanks so much ! cheers!
Great video guys. Question, looks like you parked at North Lake and hitched back to your car. Was that your plan or did you have a shuttle arranged? Wife and I are doing the same hike this summer and just trying to figure out the car situation.
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it 😊
Yes we parked at North lake and planned to hitch back to the van there. Normally, there’s so many people at South lake that the odds are good that it would be a fairly easy request. But by pushing our last day so late, we were very lucky that the last group there was nice enough to carry us back to the N. Lake turnoff over near Lake Sabrina.
@@chooseoutside8586 Thanks for the feedback.
what do you use to attach your water bottles to the straps?
Hi, we use the bottle holders from Justin’s UL. It’s an Etsy sale, he’s out of Lake Arrowhead, CA
Hey Danielle! What pack are you using? Great video!
Thanks so much!!😊 I’m using an Osprey Exos 58. It’s actually the same pack as David’s, but the older version. Osprey didn’t have the women’s version (Eja) at that time. I love how the older version still has the hip belt pockets!😄
what were the mosquitoes like? Temps?
Well, the mosquitos were crazy bad on the downside of Piute Pass near Hutchinson Meadow. After that, they were still around but tolerable. We had great temps at night and not too hot during the day. Our July trip we did the year after this one was a lot hotter.
Hello! Im doing from South to North last week of July.. Can you recommend me some campsite from 10-12 miles apart? Were doing 5d4n. Thanks
I would definitely stay in Dusy Basin you’re first night. So gorgeous there. Then upper LeConte canyon, and a night at Evolution lake. From there you’d likely camp down near the San Juaquin river before turning up Paiute pass. Then last night off Paiute pass near Summit Lake. Gorgeous route! Have fun! 🤙🏼