ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <title>Kings Canyon and Sequoia Wilderness Hikes</title> <BASE HREF="http://home.comcast.net/~sierrahiker/"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#003300" LINK="#663300" VLINK="#996633" ALINK="#00CC00" > <FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF">Kings Canyon and Sequoia Wilderness Hikes Sierra Nevada California </FONT> <CENTER><img src="mainhead.jpg" width=700 height=120 border=0></CENTER> <P> <TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding="10" ALIGN="center" width=700> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="FFCC99" ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN="TOP" nowrap> <font size=1 color=FFCC99> </font> <P> <FONT SIZE=3><B> QUICK LINKS</B> </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=2>BILL'S HIKES <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/LostLakeLoop/index.html">Lost Lake Loop</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/Tablelands/index.html">Tablelands</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/McGeeLakes/index.html">McGee Lakes</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/MtKaweah/index.html">Mount Kaweah</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/GlacierRidge/index.html">Glacier Ridge</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/IndianLakes/index.html">Indian Lakes</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/SouthernGWD/index.html">Southern GWD Loop</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/RedRockBasin/index.html">Red Rock Basin</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/KernBasinII/index.html">Kern Basin II</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/KernBasinI/index.html">Kern Basin I</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/TripleDivideLoopII/index.html">Triple Divide Loop II</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/FiveLakes1990/index.html">Five Lakes 1990</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/TwoKingsLoop/index.html">Two Kings Loop</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/RaeLakesLoop/index.html">Rae Lakes Loop</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/Silliman-Pterodactyl/index.html">Silliman-Pterodactyl</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/CenterBasin-JunctionPass/index.html">Center Basin-Junction Pass</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/ThunderCol/index.html">Thunder Col</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/FiveLakes/index.html">Five Lakes Basins</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/BlackcapBasin/index.html">Blackcap Basin</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/HighRoutePartI/index.html">High Route Part I</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/MonarchDivide/index.html">Monarch Divide</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/RedMountainBasin/index.html">Red Mountain Basin</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/ConfusionLake/index.html">Confusion Lake</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/MtWhitney/index.html">Mt Whitney Day Hike</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/ArrowPeak-MuroBlanco/index.html">Arrow Pk-Muro Blanco</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/CentralGWD/index.html">Central Great Western Divide</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/RoaringRiver/index.html">Roaring River Country</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/CliffCreekLakes/index.html">Cliff Creek Lakes</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/TripleDivideLoopI/index.html">Triple Divide Loop I</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/FingerPeakLoop/index.html">Finger Peak Loop</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/KernKaweah/index.htm">Kern-Kaweah Country</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/WLeConte-WhiteDivide/index.html"> W. LeConte/White Divide</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/DinkeyLakes/index.html">Dinkey Lakes</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/DavisLakes/index.html">Davis Lakes</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/GardinerBasin/index.htm"> Gardiner Basin</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/MtBrewer/index.htm"> Mount Brewer Loop</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/HighSierraTrail/index.html"> High Sierra Trail</A> <BR> - <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/ELeConte-WhiteDivide/index.html"> E. 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} GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(OnLoad); </script> <!-- Google CSE Code ends --> </CENTER> <HR> <A name="tripreports"> <P> <B> <FONT SIZE="+1"> Trip Logs with Photos of <BR> Kings Canyon and Sequoia Wilderness Hikes <BR> </FONT> by Bill Finch </B> <P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/EnchantedGorge/index.html"><B>Enchanted Gorge </B></A> <BR>(August 1996, 5 days, 62 miles, 2 passes / 18 photos, 1220 words, map) <BR> described in some guidebooks as the most remote canyon in the Sierra Nevada, the area that this trip explores remains wild and virtually untouched to this day <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/DumbbellLakes/index.html"><B>Dumbbell Lakes </B></A> <BR>(August 1996, 6 days, 66 miles, 9 passes / 10 photos, 400 words, map) <BR> the first part of Steve Roper's <CITE>High Route</CITE> is traversed in this hike which leaves the <CITE>High Route</CITE> in Lake Basin and travels through remote Dumbbell Lakes basin <P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/HighRouteSouth/index.html"><B>"High Route" South</B></A> <BR> (August 1992, 6 days, 45 miles, 9 passes / 13 photos, 1020 words, map) <BR> an attempt to capture the spirit of Roper's pioneering <CITE>High Route,</CITE> this trip extends the <CITE>High Route</CITE> south to Mineral King, crossing nine passes in the process <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/KaweahBasin/index.html"><B>Kaweah Basin</B></A> <BR> (August 1992, 3 days, 53 miles, 5 passes / 11 photos, 550 words, map) <BR> another remote and rarely visited mountain paradise, amazingly, Kaweah Basin can be visited in a (challenging) three day trek which passes over three major cross country passes <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/BearLakes/index.html"><B>Bear Lakes</B></A> <BR> (July 1989, 3 days, 47 miles, 2 passes / 14 photos, 460 words, map) <BR> just north of the Kings Canyon NP boundary, Bear Lakes basin is an area ideally suited to testing yourself on a rigorous solo through stark, yet alluring high country <P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/JohnMuirTrail/index.html"><B>John Muir Trail</B></A> <BR> (August 1987, 13 days, 200 miles, 11 passes / 17 photos, 7970 words) <BR> the classic sampler trip through the heart of the Sierra, walking this 200 plus mile trail leaves you with ideas for dozens of further trips in the wild country from Yosemite to Sequoia <P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/Courtright-CedarGrove/index.html"><B>Courtright-Cedar Grove</B></A> <BR> (August, 1989, 7 days, 81 miles, 5 passes / 19 photos, 850 words, map) <BR> passing down Goddard and Gardiner Creeks, this hike just might cure your itch for bushwacking down remote canyons (it worked for me) <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/ELeConte-WhiteDivide/index.html"><B>East LeConte/White Divide</B></A> <BR> (August 1991, 4 days, 54 miles, 3 passes / 17 photos, 940 words) <BR> a relatively "gentle" hike involving enough cross country travel to take you into remote wilderness with no particularly technical challenges and many opportunities for side trips <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/HighSierraTrail/index.html"><B>High Sierra Trail</B></A> <BR> (August 1997, 7 days, 107 miles, 2 passes / 39 photos, 2170 words) <BR> the finest traverse of the southern Sierra Nevada, this hike: crosses the the Great Western Divide at Kaweah Gap; visits Big Arroyo, Chagoopa Plateau, and Kern Canyon; and culminates on the summit of Mt Whitney </FONT> <P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/MtBrewer/index.htm"> <B>Mt Brewer Loop</B> </A> <BR> (August 1991, 3 days, 28.5 miles, 2 passes / 20 photos, 1100 words) <BR> a loop hike that visits East Lake and the Sphinx Lakes basin, the high point of this trip is the summit of Mount Brewer, the first major peak climbed in the southern Sierra Nevada</FONT> <P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/GardinerBasin/index.htm"> <B>Gardiner Basin</B> </A> <BR> (July 1991, 5 days, 37 miles, 2 passes / 14 photos, 1215 words) <BR> a loop hike that visits Gardiner Basin and Sixty Lake Basin, returning to the Cedar Grove trail head via the John Muir Trail and Woods Creek trails via Paradise Valley</FONT> <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/DavisLakes/index.html"><B>Davis Lakes </B></A> <BR>(August 1998, 4.5 days, 57 miles, 3 passes / 37 photos, 1885 words) <BR> Hell for Sure Pass - twice! Beautiful scenery on the tributaries of the South Fork of the San Joaquin River that flow through Goddard Canyon and Evolution Canyon <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/~sekihiker/DinkeyLakes/index.html"><B>Dinkey Lakes </B></A> <BR>(July 1998, 3 days, 9 miles, no passes, no sweat / 19 photos, 900 words) <BR> a quick tour through the Sierra's finest pocket wilderness in a heavy snow year (not very many people) <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/WLeConte-WhiteDivide/index.html"><B>West LeConte/White Divide</B></A> <BR>(July 1992, 3 days, 46 miles, 2 passes / 10 photos, 500 words) <BR> a cross country trek on the west side of the divide that forms the western boundary of northernmost Kings Canyon National Park <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/KernKaweah/index.htm"><B>Kern Kaweah Country</B></A> <BR>(August 1970, 6 days, 60 miles, 3 passes / 16 photos, 1290 words) <BR> fresh out of the Navy with a month left until school, I talked my friend Bryan into joining me on a trip to the Kern-Kaweah River of Sequoia NP<P> <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/FingerPeakLoop/index.html"><B>Finger Peak Loop</B></A> <BR>(July 1990, 4 days, 50 miles, 4 passes / 15 photos, 715 words) <BR> starting and ending in Woodchuck Country east of Wishon Reservoir, this trip visits the upper reaches of Goddard Creek and remote Blue Canyon<P> <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/TripleDivideLoopI/index.html"> <B>Triple Divide Loop I</B></A> <BR>(July 1990, 6 days, 51 miles, 6 passes / 25 photos, 1160 words) <BR> this was the first of several trips designed to get to know the country around Triple Divide Peak located on the Sequoia-Kings Canyon NP Boundary<P> <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/CliffCreekLakes/index.html"><B>Lakes of Cliff Creek</B></A> <BR>(May 1972, 3 days, 12 miles, 2 passes / 9 photos, 570 words) <BR> I still have vivid memories of this, my first solo cross-country hike, an early season trip out of Mineral King to the lakes at the head of Cliff Creek <P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/RoaringRiver/index.html"><B>Roaring River Country</B></A> <BR>(July 1994, 6 days, 33 miles, 3 passes / 12 photos, 1306 words, map) <BR> there is a lot of cross country travel during this trip and the chance to meet a cougar <P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/CentralGWD/index.html"> <B>Central Great Western Divide</B></A> <BR>(July 1999, 4.5 days, 50 miles, 3 passes / 12 photos, 1650 words) <BR> through Cloud Canyon and Colby Pass country with visits to the summits of Centennial, Milestone, and Midway Mountains <P> <P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/ArrowPeak-MuroBlanco/index.html"> <B>Arrow Peak - Muro Blanco</B></A> <BR>(August 1999, 5 days, 40 miles, 1 pass / 15 photos, 1650 words) <BR> a tour of the divide between Woods Creek and the South Fork of the Kings River with a climb of Arrow Peak and return via the canyon of the Muro Blanco<P> <P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/MtWhitney/index.html"><B>Mount Whitney Day Hike</B></A> <BR>(September 1999, 1 day, 22 miles, 2 passes / 15 photos, 1250 words) <BR> daughter Jane, SeKi Hiker Club friend Bill Holst and I spend a beautiful Fall Saturday summiting the highest peak in the lower 48<P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/ConfusionLake/index.html"> <B>Confusion Lake</B></A> <BR>(August 2000, 4 days, 39 miles, 2 passes / 15 photos, 1400 words, maps and profiles) <BR> a delightful trip through a lovely area, including a cross country visit to Confusion Lake which is perched on the LeConte Divide<P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/RedMountainBasin/index.html"><B>Red Mountain Basin</B></A> <BR>(June 2001, 3 days, 39 miles, / 30 photos, 1100 words) <BR> the greater Red Mountain Basin contains many lakes and on this early season trip and I tried to visit as many of them as I could<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/MonarchDivide/index.html"><B>Monarch Divide</B></A> <BR>(July 2001, 3 days, 29 miles, 4 passes / 24 photos, 805 words, map) <BR> with more than 6500 feet of elevation gain on the first day, this is not a trip for the faint of heart<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/HighRoutePartI/index.html"><B>High Route Part I</B></A> <BR>(July-August 2001, 7 days, 75 miles, 11 passes / 20 photos, 790 words, map) <BR> this is the first leg of Steve Roper's well-planned alternative to the JMT that travels close to the Sierra crest<P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/BlackcapBasin/index.html"><B>Blackcap Basin</B></A> <BR>(June 2003, 4 days, 43 miles, 4 passes / 19 photos, 1051 words, map, profiles) <BR> an early season hike to an area with spectacular scenery and no sign of another soul for four days<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/FiveLakes/index.html"><B>Five Lakes Basins</B></A> <BR>(July 2003, 4 days, 27 miles, 3 passes / 19 photos, 989 words, map, profiles) <BR> out of Mineral King, three lake studded basins are surrounded by beautiful scenery in a rugged setting<P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/ThunderCol/index.html"><B>Thunder Col</B></A> <BR>(August 2003, 5 days, 33 miles, 5 passes / 19 photos, 659 words, map) <BR> this trip passes on the west and east sides of the northernmost Great Western Divide with solitude galore<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/CenterBasin-JunctionPass/index.html"><B>Center Basin-Junction Pass</B></A> <BR>(July 2004, 4 days, 42 miles, 3 passes / 20 photos, 1247 words, map) <BR> this route travels through seldom visited Center Basin and over Junction Pass which was on the JMT until Forester Pass was completed<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/Silliman-Pterodactyl/index.html"><B>Silliman-Pterodactyl</B></A> <BR>(July 2004, 4 days, 44 miles, 3 passes / 23 photos, 834 words, map) <BR> this popular route has been featured in guidebooks, is mostly on trail, and includes some interesting cross-country hiking at the end<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/RaeLakesLoop/index.html"><B>Rae Lakes Loop</B></A> <BR>(July 2003, 4 days, 38 miles, 1 pass / 27 photos, 485 words, map, profiles) <BR> probably the most popular loop in Sequoia Kings Canyon, lots of people, but loads of fine scenery<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/TwoKingsLoop/index.html"><B>Two Kings Loop</B></A> <BR>(July 1987, 4 days, 60 miles, 3 passes / 11 photos, 1007 words, map) <BR> this hike began an attempt to section hike the JMT but netted less than 30 miles of JMT from a 74 mile hike (mileage from Starr's Guide)<P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/FiveLakes1990/index.html"><B>Five Lakes 1990</B></A> <BR>(July 1990, 3 days, 18 miles, 4 passes / 16 photos, 1468 words, map) <BR> what do you do when it rains? write haiku and enjoy the moments the best you can<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/TripleDivideLoopII/index.html"><B>Triple Divide Loop II</B></A> <BR>(August 1991, 6 days, 64 miles, 7 passes / 18 photos, 1981 words, map) <BR> this trip visits Kaweah and Milestone Basins, Cloud and Deadman Canyons, and includes summiting Triple Divide and Coppermine Peaks<P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/KernBasinI/index.html"><B>Kern Basin I</B></A> <BR>(July 1992, 3 days, 37 miles, 2 passes / 13 photos, 917 words, map) <BR> this was my first attempt to see how quickly I could get in and out of the Kern Basin from Cedar Grove<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/KernBasinII/index.html"><B>Kern Basin II</B></A> <BR>(August 1992, 3 days, 31 miles, 2 passes / 7 photos, 557 words, map) <BR> this was my second attempt to see how quickly I could get in and out of the Kern Basin from Cedar Grove<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/RedRockBasin/index.html"><B>Red Rock Basin</B></A> <BR>(July 2006, 3 days, 21 miles / 21 photos, 1213 words, map) <BR> this was an easy, early season trip in the John Muir Wilderness with my canine companion, Beans<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/SouthernGWD/index.html"><B>Southern GWD Loop</B></A> <BR>(July 2006, 5 days, 51 miles, 3 passes / 31 photos, 1658 words, map) <BR> this popular loop is often begun in Mineral King but I began it at Crescent Meadow<P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/IndianLakes/index.html"><B>Indian Lakes</B></A> <BR>(August 2006, 5 days, 30 miles, 1 pass / 17 photos, 1506 words, map) <BR> this trip report to one of my favorite areas is written from the point of view of Beans, my dog hiking companion<P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/GlacierRidge/index.html"><B>Glacier Ridge</B></A> <BR>(August 2006, 5 days, 48 miles, 3 passes / 24 photos, 1897 words, map) <BR> Phil Arnot's book describes this hike which is a classic one that visits almost virgin territory<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/MtKaweah/index.html"><B>Mount Kaweah</B></A> <BR>(June 2007, 5 days, 52 miles, 2 passes / 11 photos, 424 words) <BR> I finally got around to climbing Mt Kaweah and the trip doubled as preparation for a climb of <A HREF="http://finch5503.home.comcast.net/~finch5503/MountFuji/index.html">Mount Fuji</A><P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/McGeeLakes/index.html"><B>McGee Lakes</B></A> <BR>(August 2007, 4 days, 37 miles, 1 pass / 13 photos, 527 words, map) <BR> I had looked forward to this trip for at least 20 years and I wasn't disappointed<P> <A HREF="http://sekihiker.home.comcast.net/Tablelands/index.html"><B>Tablelands</B></A> <BR>(August 1989, 1 days, 15 miles / 13 photos, 375 words, map) <BR> this was my first visit to the Tablelands and included a climb up Alta Peak<P> <A HREF="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/LostLakeLoop/index.html"><B>Lost Lake Loop</B></A> <BR>(September 2010, 4 days, 26 miles, 4 passes / 15 photos, 698 words, map) <BR> this is a popular area since it can be reached from several trail heads but it is a worthwhile destination nonetheless<P> <P>Note: most of the mileages above are from the mileage tool in TOPO! maps and are about 80% or 90% of the actual distances</P> <CENTER> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/homefoot.js"></SCRIPT> <!-- Start of StatCounter Code --> <script type="text/javascript"> var sc_project=3295662; var sc_invisible=0; var sc_partition=21; var sc_security="1b41e6ca"; var sc_text=2; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter_xhtml.js"></script><noscript><div class="statcounter"><a class="statcounter" href="http://www.statcounter.com/"><img class="statcounter" src="http://c22.statcounter.com/3295662/0/1b41e6ca/0/" alt="screen resolution stats" /></a></div></noscript> <!-- End of StatCounter Code --> <BR> 25 April 2011 </TD></TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>