The John Muir Trail is 210 miles of breathtaking landscape in California’s Sierra Nevadas that begins in Yosemite Valley and ends at the top of Mount Whitney. The John Muir Trail is 210 miles of ...

It's 4:30 a.m., a time of day that puts us in the questionable company of cat burglars and alpinists. Our headlamps probe the inky, moonless black of Yosemite Valley. We're taking our very first steps ...

The forest had been peaceful, but beautiful only in bits -- the brightly rippling river; the stands of pine rising tall from an understory of mountain laurel; a glimpse of the wooded hump of a hill.

Wendy Altschuler brought her three sons on a 70-mile hike along California's John Muir Trail. Her oldest son put his first aid course to good use while helping his little brother. She wants to take ...

You don’t have to thru-hike a Triple Crown to get a taste of the Californian wilderness. James Roddie shares his two-week ...