Backpack Trip Features Dayhike Trip Features Preface Introduction Human History Flora and Fauna Geology Climate Traveling in the Backcountry About This Guide Generals Highway Road Log Kings Canyon Highway Road Log
West Side Trips
Introduction to South Fork Kaweah River
SOUTH FORK KAWEAH RIVER TRAILHEAD
- Putnam and Snowslide Canyons
- Ladybug Camp and Cedar Creek
- Garfield-Hockett Trail to Garfield Grove and Hockett Lakes
Introduction to Atwell Mill and Mineral King
ATWELL MILL TRAILHEAD
- East Fork Grove
- Atwell-Hockett Trail to Hockett Plateau
- Paradise Peak
MINERAL KING TRAILHEAD
- Cold Springs Trail
- Mosquito Lakes
- Eagle Lake
- White Chief Canyon
- Farewell Gap
- Franklin Lakes
- Franklin Pass and Sawtooth Pass Loop
- Crystal Lake
- Monarch Lakes
- Little Five and Big Five Lakes Loop
- Great Western Divide Loop
Introduction to the Foothills
POTWISHA TRAILHEAD
- Potwisha Pictographs Loop
- Marble Falls
HOSPITAL ROCK TRAILHEAD
- Middle Fork Kaweah River: Hospital Rock to Potwisha
- Paradise Creek Trail
- Middle Fork Kaweah River: Hospital Rock to Panther Creek
NORTH FORK TRAILHEAD
- North Fork Trail
- Colony Mill Road: North Fork to Colony Mill Ranger Station
Introduction to the Giant Forest
CRYSTAL CAVE ROAD TRAILHEAD
- Colony Mill Road: Crystal Cave Road to Colony Mill Ranger Station
CRESCENT MEADOW TRAILHEAD
- Huckleberry Meadow Loop
- Bobcat Point Loop
- Crescent and Log Meadows Loop
- High Sierra Trail: Crescent Meadow to Panther Creek
- Giant Forest East Loop
- Bearpaw Meadow, Hamilton Lakes, and Nine Lakes Basin
- High Sierra Trail: Crescent Meadow to Whitney Portal
GIANT FOREST TRAILHEADS
- Moro Rock: Soldiers Trail and Moro Rock Loop
- Sunset Rock
- Big Trees Trail
- Hazelwood Nature Trail
- Trail of the Sequoias
- Circle Meadow Loop
- Congress Trail
Introduction to Wolverton, Lodgepole, and Wuksachi
WOLVERTON TRAILHEAD
- Mehrten and Alta Meadows
- Alta Peak
- Panther Gap Loop
- Lakes Trail to Heather, Aster, Emerald, and Pear Lakes
LODGEPOLE TRAIHEAD
- Tokopah Falls
- Twin Lakes
- Kings-Kaweah Divide Loop
WUKSACHI TRAILHEAD
- Wuksachi Trail
Introduction to Dorst Creek
DORST CREEK TRAILHEADS
- Little Baldy
- Muir Grove
- Lost Grove to Dorst Campground
- Cabin Creek Trail
Introduction to Giant Sequoia National Monument and Jennie Lakes Wilderness
STONY CREEK TRAILHEAD
- Stony Creek Trail to Jennie Lake
BIG MEADOWS ROAD TRAILHEADS
- Jennie Lakes Loop
- Seville Lake
- Mitchell Peak
KENNEDY MEADOW TRAILHEAD
- Evans Grove
Introduction to Redwood Mountain
GENERALS HIGHWAY TRAILHEADS
- Big Baldy
- Buena Vista Peak
REDWOOD MOUNTAIN TRAILHEAD
- Redwood Mountain Grove: Hart Trail Loop
- Redwood Mountain Grove: Sugar Bowl Loop
Introduction to Grant Grove
GRANT GROVE TRAILHEADS
- Big Stump Grove
- Hitchcock Meadow
- Sunset Loop Trail
- Azalea and Manzanita Trails Loop
- North Grove Loop
- General Grant Tree Trail
- Park Ridge Lookout
CONVERSE BASIN TRAILHEADS
- Chicago Stump
- Boole Tree
Introduction to Cedar Grove
DEER COVE TRAILHEAD
- Deer Cove Trail
CEDAR GROVE TRAILHEADS
- East Kennedy Lake
- Don Cecil Trail to Lookout Peak
- Cedar Grove Overlook
- Hotel and Lewis Creeks Loop
ROADS END TRAILHEADS
- Zumwalt Meadow Nature Trail
- River Trail
- Kanawyer Loop Trail
- Sphinx Creek
- Circle of Solitude: Great Western and Kings-Kern Divides Loop
- East Lake and Lake Reflection
- Charlotte Lake
- Mist Falls
- Rae Lakes Loop
- Copper Creek Trail to Granite Basin
- State and Horseshoe Lakes
Introduction to John Muir Wilderness: West Side
CROWN VALLEY TRAILHEAD
- Middle Fork Kings River
COURTRIGHT RESERVOIR TRAILHEAD
- Red Mountain Basin
FLORENCE LAKE TRAILHEAD
- Blayney Hot Springs, Goddard Canyon, and Martha Lake
East Side Trips
Introduction to the Mount Whitney Ranger District
HORSESHOE MEADOW TRAILHEAD
- Chicken Spring Lake
- Cottonwood Pass and New Army Pass Loop
COTTONWOOD LAKES TRAILHEAD
- New Army Pass Trail
- Cottonwood Lakes
- Soldier Lakes and Rock Creek
- Cottonwood Lakes to Whitney Portal
WHITNEY PORTAL TRAILHEAD
- Mount Whitney
- Meysan Trail
- John Muir Trail: Whitney Portal to Onion Valley
SYMMES CREEK TRAILHEAD
- Shepherd Pass Trail
ONION VALLEY TRAILHEAD
- Robinson Lake
- Kearsarge and Bullfrog Lakes
- Charlotte Lake and Rae Lakes Basin
- Trans-Sierra Trek: Onion Valley to Cedar Grove
- John Muir Trail: Onion Valley to South Lake
- Golden Trout Lakes
OAK CREEK TRAILHEAD
- Baxter Pass Trail
SAWMILL CREEK TRAILHEAD
- Sawmill Pass Trail
Introduction to the White Mountain Ranger District
TABOOSE CREEK TRAILHEAD
- Taboose Pass Trail
RED CREEK TRAILHEAD
- Red Lake
BIRCH CREEK TRAILHEAD
- Birch Lake
BIG PINE CREEK TRAILHEAD
- Brainerd and Finger Lakes
- Big Pine Lakes
SOUTH LAKE TRAILHEAD
- Long, Saddlerock, and Bishop Lakes
- Dusy Basin and Le Conte Canyon
- John Muir Trail: South Lake to North Lake
- Chocolate Lakes Loop
- Treasure Lakes
- Tyee Lakes
LAKE SABRINA TRAILHEAD
- Sabrina Basin
- George Lake
NORTH LAKE TRAILHEAD
- Lamarck Lakes
- Evolution Basin via Lamarck Col
- Piute Pass Trail to Humphreys Basin and Piute Canyon
Appendices
I Highest Peaks and Largest Sequoias in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park II Contact Information Suggested Reading Index About the Author