Cottonwood Pass to Onion Valley JMT section hike in the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, California

On July 2, 2025, we set off from the Cottonwood Pass trailhead in Horseshoe Meadows (near Lone Pine, CA) on a 5-day, 4-night, 56-mile backpacking trip into the beautiful Sierra Nevada back country. After backpacking the entire John Muir Trail going Southbound in September of 2019, we decided we also want to hike the JMT Northbound. So far, we've done three other NOBO sections (that you can find in our video library). This is our fourth and final section, completing our goal of also hiking the entire JMT Northbound! This trip included one of the most beautiful sections along the John Muir Trail. We started at Cottonwood Pass trailhead, (about 20 miles before the JMT), then onto Chicken Spring Lake, Big Whitney Meadow, Rock Creek Lake, Crabtree Meadow, Bighorn Plateau, Forester Pass, and ending over Kearsarge Pass to Onion Valley. We decided not to do Mt. Whitney on this trip, as we just hiked it again about 10 months ago. If you would like to hike the John Muir Trail Northbound, but can't do the whole thing at once, due to timing, work, physical fitness, or otherwise- we highly recommend this section hike. If you have any questions, please comment and we'll get back with you as soon as possible. Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed our video, please like and subscribe to our channel (and click the bell to be notified!); we'll be adding more videos soon! #mtwhitney #jmt #backpacking #yosemite #backpacking #johnmuir #hiking #camping #chickenspringlake #horseshoemeadows #mammothlakes #cottonwoodpass #sierranevadas #thruhike #chooseoutside #crabtreemeadows #guitarlake #yosemitenationalpark #foresterpass #kearsargelakes #kearsargepass #tyndallcreek #bighornplateau #lonepinekurt #buckit #tickitbeforeyoukickit # buckitwithphilkeoghan Filmed using our GoPro 10 black, and iPhone 14's David & Danielle's gear: Garmin InReach mini Garmin Fenix 5 GoPro 10 Black iPhone 14's Osprey Exxos pack Gossamer Gear Mariposa 60 Z-Packs multi-pack UGQ Equipment quilts Z-Packs Triplex tent Nemo Tensor pads Hoka One One Speedgoat 6 trail runners Altra Lonepeak 9.0 trail runners Costco carbon hiking poles :) (David) Black Diamond carbon hiking poles (Dani) Katadyn BeFree water system/filter Helinox Chair Zero(s) MSR Pocket Rocket stove Toaks titanium 550ML pot Music used in this video: Ceeling like Ibiza The day is close - The 126ers Station 22 - The 126ers Travel Light by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Longer Distance - TrackTribe Feet on water - Unexpected Moment A Year Ago (Instrumental) - NEFFEX Brisket Taco - Cumbia Deli Fractal of light - Chris Haugen Wish You'd Come True - The 126ers Pink Sunrise - The Great North Sound Society Rainy Sundays - The 126ers Secret Conversations - The 126ers Honey & Milk - The 126ers Rollin' - Lauren Duski She's Gone - The 126ers