Coffee--i am doing the same trip next year
Coffee--i am doing the same trip next year
Coffee,
Thanks for the information.
Now please be quiet. Grinning.
If everyone knows the place will be ruined just like Yosemite.
Researching unruined locations for 2017.
Wayne
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I just completed a traditional SOBO JMT hike this summer and enjoyed it, but I also think doing the HST along with the JMT is a great idea. Although it adds extra miles, the HST is beautiful and there's a lot to see in the park before beginning the hike. I'd definitely try it one day!
Horseshoe Meadows gives easy access to the JMT. Cottonwood Pass has a 40 per day quota, 16 of those walk ups. Trail Pass has unlimited quota.
Maybe, POSSIBLY, easier access in terms of securing permits but in no way easier considering the High Sierra Tr adds 3-5 days and about a 50 mile Approach Trail to the JMT. It also adds out and back greater JMT mileage if an official pt to pt JMT is desired by having to retrace the JMT between Crabtree and Mt Whitney summit. Although, comparatively, one going SOBO does have to add on the mileage from Mt Whitney summit to Whitney Portal TH Parking lot too.
With the assumption that many hike the JMT on fixed tightly budgeted time frames, and seemingly are the majority on WB, adding the SHT is going to seem logistically problematic to many.
FWIW, IMO I much prefer ending a JMT thru by descending scenic Whitney Portal than ending at Yosemite Valley at the Happy Isles TH. Beginning at YV puts the majority of the crowds behind so it feels more like you're hiking into the mountains and away from the hub bub of crowds by going SOBO. Hiking into YV, especially during very busy very hectic massively crowded periods, IMO takes away from the JMT backcountry experience leaving those who decide to end at YV with maybe a different parting mindset.
There are 'easier' ways to secure JMT thru-hiking permits and hike the JMT than using the High Sierra Tr TH as an Approach Tr to the JMT.
FWIW, if one hasn't the need or desire to summit Mt Whitney, perhaps because it's already been experienced, I like the idea of not doing an official JMT thru terminus to terminus and just extending a Sierra hike by including the SHT and majority of JMT tread...and possibly taking the PCT tread north of Tuolumne Meadows to wherever having a different northern terminus.
Curious where you flew in/out? Fresno? Having limited time I hate wasting 3 or 4 days on travel from north Fl.....I’d really like to do the SHR just don’t think late season solo would be a wise choice for me with limited mountaineering experience and time....
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I'll chime in after doing this last year (the SHR). First, don't confuse the High Sierra Trail with the Sierra High Route, two different things, same area.
For our SHR hike last September, we flew into Fresno and took a hired shuttle to the Roads End trailhead, where the SHR starts, it cost $120 IIRC. There were 5 of us, so cheap per person. Solo, $120 stings, but it works. We hired a lady off of Craigslist for this ride, her name was "wolf". Maybe she still does this, just a year ago when we hired her. Check out Fresno craigslist.
Our original flight home was from Reno, but due to heavy snow, we stopped at Tuolumne, hitched to Lee Vining, took bus south to Mammoth, rented a car and drove home. But Reno would have worked fine if we had made the last 30 miles.
The High Sierra Trail is easy to get to. When the Sequoia shuttle runs from Visalia in summer.
Fly into FAT. Take the V Line bus from Fresno to Visalia. Take the Sequoia shuttle from Visalia in to the park. Cost a total of $25.
Yeah, sequoia shuttle last day look .like sept 9