Best Easy Day Hikes Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

by Laurel Scheidt

• ISBN13: 9780762710720
• ISBN10: 0762710721
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Falcon

Summary

A hiker's paradise of trails awaits you in California's Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. This guidebook leads you past tranquil waterfalls, up mountains offering spectacular vistas, and through groves of giant sequoias, the largest living organisms on the planet. Best Easy Day Hikes Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for twenty mostly short, easy-to-follow trails that lead to some of the parks' most scenic destinations. With hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, this guidebook is for everyone, including families.

Author Biography

Laurel Scheidt is a freelance writer and veteran hiker. She makes her home in Modesto, California.

Table of Contents

Map Legend	v
Overview Map	vi
Ranking the Hikes	viii
Introduction	1	(1)
Using This Guide	2	(2)
Zero Impact	4	(3)
The Hikes
Hikes in the Giant Forest
Upper Colony Mill Trail	7	(3)
Crescent and Log Meadows	10	(4)
Congress Trail	14	(5)
Hikes in the Lodgepole and Dorst Areas
Tokopah Falls	19	(4)
Heather Lake	23	(3)
Little Baldy	26	(4)
Muir Grove	30	(4)
Hikes in the Grant Grove Area
Big Stump Loop	34	(4)
General Grant Loop	38	(5)
North Grove and Dead Giant Loops	43	(4)
Hikes around Redwood Mountain
Hart Tree Loop	47	(4)
Big Baldy Ridge	51	(4)
Hikes in the Cedar Grove Area
Roaring River Falls to Zumwalt Meadow	55	(4)
Mist Falls	59	(4)
Hikes in the Mineral King and South Fork Areas
Cold Springs Nature Trail	63	(4)
White Chief Canyon	67	(5)
First Mosquito Lake	72	(4)
Ladybug Camp	76	(5)
Hikes in the Jennie Lakes Wilderness
Mitchell Peak	81	(4)
Weaver Lake	85