#thru-hike
5 trips tagged “thru-hike”
thru-hike backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 5 California backpacking routes tagged thru-hike, ranging from 22 to 210.4 miles with 1,750–47,000 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 17/100 (Easy) on John Muir Trail to Yosemite Valley up to 100/100 (Extreme) on John Muir Trail (Full), which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 47,000 feet. All of these routes require a wilderness permit — each trip page links the booking window.
These routes cross Yosemite National Park, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and Sierra Nevada, and the months most of them share are September, July, August. Every stat below is cited on its trip page, so you can compare them like-for-like and follow any number back to the managing agency.
John Muir Trail to Yosemite Valley
The John Muir Trail's grand finale runs 22 miles from Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley, descending past Cathedral Peak, the Sunrise count…
Happy Isles to Tuolumne Meadows (JMT)
This is the John Muir Trail's first act: 22 miles and 5,900 feet of climbing from Happy Isles past Vernal and Nevada Falls, below Half Dome,…
Full North Rim
The Full North Rim is Yosemite Valley's skyline walked end to end: 29 miles from Old Big Oak Flat Road over the tops of El Capitan, Yosemite…
High Sierra Trail
The High Sierra Trail crosses Sequoia National Park from Crescent Meadow to the summit of Mount Whitney: 61.5 miles through the Great Wester…
John Muir Trail (Full)
The John Muir Trail runs 210 miles from Yosemite Valley to the summit of Mount Whitney — through three national parks, two wilderness areas,…