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Advice regarding King's Canyon/ Sequoia (CA)
Posted: Jul 20 2010 4:22 pm
by paulhubbard
I know, I know, I should be hiking in AZ, but this is a vacation planning thing, where it's not so hot in August. We're looking to go to the King's Canyon area around Sequoia Nat Park to setup a base camp and do some hiking and motorcyle touring around the area. Wondering if anyone here has advice on: Must See - Must Hike - Stay Here - Stay Away - Not Worth It - Too Crowded, etc... We're looking at the Sunset campground, so if anyone has words of wisdom or experiences there too that you'd like to share?
Thanks!
Paul
Re: Advice regarding King's Canyon/ Sequoia (CA)
Posted: Jul 20 2010 4:43 pm
by azbackpackr
Oh, well, that's the west side, right? I was going to say, that on the east side, from Lone Pine, you can motor up a paved road to a nice campground called Horseshoe Meadows, which is above 10,000 feet. There are several trails leading leading out of that campground, which actually do lead into Kings Canyon, but not the popular part of it.
Re: Advice regarding King's Canyon/ Sequoia (CA)
Posted: Jul 20 2010 11:39 pm
by joebartels
Re: Advice regarding King's Canyon/ Sequoia (CA)
Posted: Jul 21 2010 8:40 am
by writelots
Just went up there this month and was BLOWN AWAY! Fantastic area. I highly recommend the Onion Valley Camp Ground above Independence. Twin waterfalls, tons of hiking...including this jem:
http://www.hikearizona.com/decoder.php?ZTN=15623
Re: Advice regarding King's Canyon/ Sequoia (CA)
Posted: Jul 21 2010 8:59 am
by paulhubbard
writelots wrote:Twin waterfalls, tons of hiking...including this jem:
WOW! That definitely falls into the "Must See" category! Thanks!