The Yahoo JMT Moderators are listed on this page. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/johnmuirtrail/info I am the lead moderator (since 2011). John Ladd was former lead moderator. He is now co-moderator. The Facebook JMT administrators are Lucy Hazel Fitz Gibbon and Jack Haskel (of the PCTA).by marti124 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
So much to update here. Please see the long thread here: http://www.whitneyzone.com/wz/ubbthreads.php/topics/41364/SierraNevada#Post41364 Before the changes are official, Ed Dunlavey has been reaching out by phone with several JMT forum posters/moderators, myself and Peter Hirst quite substantially. Peter has been very good at documenting the history in a condensed manner. Expect somethinby marti124 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I think if John Muir was alive today, he'd be laughing and crying about there only being one long trail in the Sierra named after him as if he only favored one long trail to hike in the high sierra. There should be multiple 210+ mile long trails in the High Sierra to hike, on established trails. The National Parks and National Forests should be leading the way in suggesting hikers to try out a vaby marti124 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
What I just emailed Yosemite National Park: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 7:47 PM Subject: 92% of nearly 300 surveyed JMT hikers request a public comment period from Yosemite prior to any rule changes 1/11/2015 7:41 PM Ed Dunlavey Wilderness Manager Yosemite National Park Donald Neubacher Office of the Superintendent Yosemite National Parkby marti124 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
If you have seen the posting made here yesterday in http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,78262 Yosemite National Park is going to making changes in the permit process for those who want to hike on the JMT south of Donahue Pass but start in Yosemite National Park. A survey poll, asking only two questions, has been created to gather input from all persons interested in the JMT and getting perby marti124 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I feel a need to comment on the sentence "The increased demand for JMT permits has also lead to some hikers skirting the traditional permit system, which has made it more difficult for non-JMT hikers to obtain wilderness permits for other trails within Yosemite National Park." When I spoke with Ed Dunlavey on the phone yesterday (for quite some time), he agreed that current rules allowby marti124 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Anyone know when the High Sierra Camp will open this year?by marti124 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I googled the topic and find some interesting late July reports. http://tahoetowhitney.org/content/open-thread-high-sierra-trail-condition-reports (July 15-16 trail report) Wow, I found a great realtime link: http://www.findlocalweather.com/pinpoint/us/ca/high+sierra+trail/current572221.html By the way, I see your reply, Eeek, SEKI gives a date of 7/14 on their HST report: High Sierby marti124 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Eeek, My first post here. I'm the current lead moderator of the JohnMuirTrail@YahooGroups. Before I became an avid JMT hiker, I did the HST for 6 years. I know the Yahoo Group, sequoiakingscanyonhikers@yahoogroups.by marti124 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion