The southern High Sierra, including Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and the surrounding John Muir, Jennie Lakes, and Monarch Wildernesses, is one of the most magnificent natural areas in the world. Blessed with the largest trees on earth (giant sequoias), one of the deepest canyons in North America (Kings Canyon), and the highest mountain in the continental U.S. (Mt. Whitney), the greater Sequoia-Kings Canyon region offers unparalleled mountain majesty. Along with such superlatives, hundreds of miles of trail provides access to a boundless number of high mountain lakes, wildflower-covered meadows, cascading streams, deep forests, and craggy peaks. Mike White's guide is the only comprehensive guide to this portion of John Muir's Range of Light.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, situated in California's rugged Sierra Nevada, boast some of the most spectacular landscapes on the continent: towering groves of giant sequoia trees, crystalline trout rivers, jagged peaks and ...
Mike White's guide is the only comprehensive guide to this portion of John Muir's Range of Light.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon: A Guide to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California
In 1896 , Bolton Coit Brown returned to Kings Canyon with his wife , Lucy Fletcher Brown , for their honeymoon . This photograph shows their camp at Paradise Canyon , their first “ really proper camp ” after roughing it for the summer .
Lodging is typically in the Tenaya Lodge and The Ahwahnee hotel, and packages include most meals. In general, the hikes and walks—all conducted by perky trip leaders—aren't very difficult, but most days offer longer and/or more ...
Lonely Planet Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.
The Sierra Gateway Trust is pleased to offer this book, our first educational effort in support of the Scenic Highway designation of Highway 180 from the Kings River in the San Joaquin Valley to Zumwalt Meadow at the far eastern end of ...
Challenge of the Big Trees: A Resource History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Camp 4, Yosemite Valley's cheap, noreservations walkin campground, has for decades been the hangout for some of climbing's legendary stars. Yosemite's granite, mostly deemed impossible to climb until the 1940s, necessitated entirely new ...
While reading this book, students will explore the world’s largest living things and the work done by scientists at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California.