Elizabeth Wenk’s guidebook (John Muir Trail: The essential guide to hiking America’s most famous trail) was our primary reference. Including ☞ Wenk JMT waypoint data, used also off-line on the trail. We used the data for daily hiking distance estimates.
Websites
- ☞ Inga’s Adventures
- Joanna joined ☞ John Muir Trail and ☞ John Muir Trail Hikers 2021 groups on fb.
Maps
- Piotr’s own JMT route (gpx) on ☞ ViewRanger with large number of tiles for good off-line map coverage (including potential side trails and Plan B alternatives).
- John Muir Trail on ☞ FarOut (Guthook)
- Erik the Black’s paper John Muir Trail Pocket Atlas by Erik Asorson
All three used off-line on the trail – that was all we needed on the go (we forgot to take compass).
For planning we also used ☞ JMT Conservancy map and ☞ JMT caltopo map
Navigating JMT is straightforward in favorable conditions we experienced. We used iPhoneX for navigation. We could quickly determine our position relative to the trail using GPS – response time varied depending on location. We lost the trail briefly only once. We had preselected campsite candidates marked on map (Piotr’s route) for each day (usually 3-4-site clusters). We often consulted Guthook and Wenk Data table, and the paper atlas for water sources, campsites and to quickly calculate hiking distances.