The John Muir Trail through Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area is a rugged point-to-point trail through the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee. The route travels through remote forest, sandstone cliffs and rock shelters, creek drainages, overlooks, and sections that overlap with the Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail.

Run into the heart of the Ansel Adams Wilderness area to the divide separating Yosemite National Park and the Merced River watershed. You will catch glimpses of Lyell Canyon to the North and Mammoth, the Volcanic Ridge, and the backside of the Minarets to the East.  This route avoids most of the Creek Fire devastation, dryness, and sun exposure found just a couple of miles over. You will travel past Slab Lakes and then higher to the Three D(rainage) Divide up to the top of Triple Divide Peak. That's a lot of D's! Both are class 2 and feature mostly talus.

Big Chiwaukum is the high point of the Chiwaukum Mountains, tucked between the Enchantments and Stevens Pass – an alpine scramble with beautiful views, without the major crowds of its more famous neighbors.