A few years ago, I hiked 180 miles of the 211+ mile John Muir Trail (JMT) with my 11 year old son. The JMT runs through the Eastern Sierra mountains in California, starting from Yosemite Valley to ...

California offers diverse and beautiful landscapes for hiking, but the John Muir Trail is both scenic and dangerous. Hikers must prepare for high altitudes, weather issues, rushing creeks ...

Muir's three-night camping trip with President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903 could be considered the most significant camping trip in conservation history. John Muir was one of the earliest advocates ...