http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/ John Muir Trail - A resource for JMT hikers Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:48:52 GMT jckarpin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6501 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6501 I guess I was just lucky to have a positive experience during my visit or my expectations were not very high and consequently I was not disappointed. John Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:59:43 GMT robert shattuck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6500 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6500 One of the few shots I took on the Bear Creek Trail, minus my sun-bathing pals. sparklefart.blogspot.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:35:46 GMT Peter Burke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6499 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6499 Other than hot showers, access to food resupply at the store and the washer/dryer, there's nothing that should make anyone camp at Reds Meadow overnight. The Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:21:22 GMT don.amundson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6498 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6498 The backpackers area at Reds is "unusual" on a number of levels. I was not totally turned off by it but you have to be in a tolerant mode to stay there. I Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:12:11 GMT Roleigh Martin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6497 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6497 I know this is not a JMT hike but doing the JMT we have to plan for our food pickups. I will not feel bad doing such in the future after attempting to imagine Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:49:06 GMT jckarpin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6496 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6496 Bob, I agree with you but after all, it is a car/rv camping campground. You have to except it on those terms of it will make you miserable. A partial Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:47:26 GMT robert shattuck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6495 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6495 Karpinski, I can't deny your experience. I'd have to say that wether sitting around on the logs out front of the restaurant, or being in the BC??there are Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:08:55 GMT jckarpin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6494 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6494 Wow! My experience at the BC was quite the contrary. I arrived at about 10am having camped the previous night at Deer Creek. (solo nobo) I was too early for Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:55:55 GMT jckarpin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6493 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6493 This is just about what I carried in 2008 between the end of July/beginning of August. My 30 degree bag weighs about 1.5# with the liner at 5 oz. I carry Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:27:37 GMT jckarpin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6492 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6492 Great summary of the area and the choices you have. I hiked the JMT in 2008 and happened to camp at the junction of the Bear Creek Trail (along Bear Creek) and Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:18:20 GMT Barbara Karagosian http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6491 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6491 After I've turkeyed up I need to give this some serious thought! Happy Thanksgiving! Barbara On Nov 21, 2009, at 9:54 PM, robert shattuck Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:14:46 GMT Barbara Karagosian http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6490 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6490 Yep, I was thinking cabin/motel room since I'm getting the shuttle in and hiking in. I emailed them about it and they are already taking reservations. Their Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:14:11 GMT John Ladd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6489 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6489 Judo asks ... found. Is there another way to access it? First go to the Yahoo JMT Group, by cuting and paste this into your browser's address bar Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:16:16 GMT judithsmcguire http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6488 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6488 Thanks for all the great response. I have a 30 degree Marmot hydrogen (or is it helium?) and a silk bag liner that should be good to 20 without extra clothes Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:01:09 GMT Roleigh Martin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6487 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnmuirtrail/message/6487 The two years we were at Reds Meadows, the one we enjoyed the most was the one we rented a cabin. There is a camp site about about 2-3 miles south of it