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Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon NATIONAL PARKS Yosemite National Park p44 Around Yosemite National Park p134 Around Sequoia Sequoia & & Kings Canyon Kings Canyon National Parks National Parks p195 p158 THIS EDITION WRITTEN AND RESEARCHED BY Beth Kohn, Sara Benson PLAN YOUR TRIP ON THE ROAD Welcome to Yosemite, YOSEMITE NATIONAL Sights ................ 97 Sequoia & Kings Canyon. 4 PARK. 44 Yosemite Valley . 97 Yosemite, Sequoia & Day Hikes. 52 Glacier Point & Kings Canyon Map .......6 Badger Pass . 105 Yosemite Valley . 52 Wawona . 108 Yosemite, Sequoia & Glacier Point & Kings Canyon Top 16. 8 Badger Pass . 56 Big Oak Flat Road & Tioga Road . 110 Need to Know. .16 Wawona . 59 Tuolumne Meadows . 113 Big Oak Flat Road & What’s New. .18 Tioga Road . 60 Hetch Hetchy . 116 If You Like… ............19 Tuolumne Meadows . 65 Sleeping ..............117 Month by Month ....... 22 Hetch Hetchy . 70 Eating & Drinking ..... 126 Overnight Hikes. 72 Itineraries . 24 Yosemite Valley . 73 AROUND YOSEMITE Activities. 28 Glacier Point & NATIONAL PARK .. 134 Travel with Children .... 36 Badger Pass . 75 West of Yosemite. 136 Big Oak Flat Road & Highway 140 . 136 Travel with Pets . .41 Tioga Road . 76 Highway 120 (West) . 138 Tuolumne Meadows . 79 South of Yosemite JOHN ALVES / GETTY IMAGES © IMAGES GETTY / ALVES JOHN Hetch Hetchy . 85 (Highway 41) .........140 Driving. 86 Oakhurst . 140 Cycling ............... 87 Fish Camp . 140 Other Activities . 90 Eastern Sierra ........142 Rock Climbing & Tioga Pass & Around . 142 Bouldering . 90 Bridgeport . 143 Horseback Riding . 91 Bodie State Rafting & Kayaking . 92 Historic Park . 144 Swimming . 92 Virginia Lakes . 144 Fishing . 93 Lundy Lake . 145 YOSEMITE FALLS P103 Hang Gliding . 94 Lee Vining . 145 Boating . 94 Mono Lake . 146 Golf . 94 June Lake Loop . 147 SIERRALARA / GETTY IMAGES © IMAGES GETTY / SIERRALARA Campfire & Public Mammoth Lakes . 148 Programs . 94 Around Mammoth Winter Activities .......95 Lakes . 152 Cross-Country Skiing . 95 Bishop . 153 Downhill Skiing & Ancient Bristlecone Snowboarding . .. 96 Pine Forest . 154 Snowshoeing . 97 Independence . 155 Ice-Skating . 97 Manzanar National Snow Camping . 97 Historic Site . 155 Sledding & Tubing . 97 Lone Pine . 156 Mt Whitney . 157 KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK P158 Contents UNDERSTAND SEQUOIA & KINGS Horseback Riding & The Parks CANYON NATIONAL Pack Trips . 176 Today . 200 PARKS ........... 158 Rock Climbing . 176 History ..............202 Fishing . 176 Day Hikes. 162 Geology. 208 Sequoia National Park . 162 Snow Sports . 176 Wildlife ...............213 Kings Canyon Sights ............... 178 National Park . 166 Sequoia National Park . 178 Conservation .........220 Overnight Hikes. .169 Kings Canyon Sequoia National Park . 169 National Park . 182 Kings Canyon Sleeping ............. 185 National Park . 169 Eating & Drinking ..... 192 Driving. 173 AROUND SEQUOIA SURVIVAL Other Activities . 175 & KINGS CANYON GUIDE Caving . 175 NATIONAL PARKS ..195 Swimming, Canoeing, Visalia . 196 Clothing & Kayaking & Boating . 176 Three Rivers . 197 Equipment ........... 224 Directory A–Z. 228 MICHAEL LAWENKO DELA PAZ / GETTY IMAGES © IMAGES GETTY / PAZ DELA LAWENKO MICHAEL Transportation . 236 Health & Safety . 241 Index ................ 247 Map Legend .......... 255 SPECIAL FEATURES Activities. 28 Travel with Children. .36 Travel with Pets . .41 Wildlife .............. 213 Clothing & Equipment ...........224 BRIDALVEIL FALL P104 ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 24 Itineraries #÷• Bodie State Historic Park Tuolumne •# Mono MeadowsÉ •# Lake Yosemite •# Saddlebag National É Park Lake #÷ É June Lake Yosemite Loop •# Hot •# Springs Valley Mammoth Lakes •# •# Ancient Bristlecone Wawona•# •# Devils Postpile Pine Forest •# National É #÷ Monument É É É É É Kings Canyon National Park É #÷ •#Manzanar É É •# #÷ Sequoia Lone National Pine Park 14 DAYS Grand Tour – Sequoia to Alabama Hills Hikes, hot springs and spectacular geology show off the best of the Eastern Sierra and the national parks. Kick off the trip with three to four days in the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, touring the ancient trees, ethereal caves and show-stopping river canyon. Head- ing north, camp at Wawona and budget a day for the southern reaches of Yosemite National Park. Spend at least three days exploring the miraculous falls and granite monoliths of Yosemite Valley, then hike the trails of Yosemite’s high country while camped at Tuolumne Meadows. East of the park, take a full day to explore the surreal countryside around Saddlebag Lake, then journey over to Mono Lake. Detour north to the ghost-town ruins of Bodie State Historic Park, and then south for the mountain vistas buffering the June Lake Loop. From Mammoth Lakes, hike to the bizarre formation of the Devils Postpile National Monument before heading to hot springs at sunset. Next, wind up the road to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest to breathe the thin air and marvel at the gnarled time-capsule trees. On your final day tour the solemn remains of Manzanar, and catch a film-worthy sunset at the Alabama Hills in Lone Pine. 25 Lower Yosemite Tenaya PLAN YOUR TRIP Fall Yosemite Creek •# Mirror Village É Lake •# •# •# •# •# R Merced •# Half Dome É River Yosemite Lodge (8842ft) El Capitan É (7569ft) at the Falls Ahwahnee R Hotel É Vernal •# •# Fall IT Bridalveil #÷ Nature Center at Happy Isles I Fall Yosemite NERAR •# National Park Tunnel View É •# I ES 1 DAY Yosemite Valley in a Day If you really, really only have one day to see Yosemite, this whirlwind tour ticks off all the must-sees. On your way in, stop at Tunnel View to drink in views of the entire Valley, with the iconic Half Dome front and center and Bridalveil Fall plunging in the distance. Drive over to see heavenly Bridalveil Fall up close; put on some flip-flops or galoshes and pack rain gear if it’s spring, because the spray turns the sidewalk into a flowing creek. Aim your camera at its misty rainbows and yell over the thundering water. Afterward, pull over just east along Southside Dr and try to spot the microscopic-sized climbers working their way up the sheer granite of El Capitan. Keep your eyes peeled for wildlife wandering about the meadows, and then park in one of the Valley’s day-use parking lots. Rent a bicycle from Yosemite Lodge or Curry Village and ride to the viewing area at the base of Lower Yosemite Fall. Follow the bike path to Yosemite Village, and hitch up at Degnan’s Deli for a lunch of fresh sandwiches and soup. Saunter over to the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center, explore the center’s exhibits of park geology and wildlife, and peruse the Yosemite Conservancy Bookstore. Saddle up again and ride east on the dedicated bike path, crossing the Merced River and eluding four-wheeled traffic. Continue on to Mirror Lake and snap a photo of Half Dome’s dignified reflection in its shallow waters, and stroll along Tenaya Creek to find quiet nooks to sit along its shore. Pedal south to Nature Center at Happy Isles to hear what sounds the park animals make, and consider a longer hike up the short but steep trail to Vernal Fall. If you don’t have time for the 2.4-mile round-trip, you could stop at the footbridge below the fall. Zip over to the historic Ahwahnee Hotel for a well-deserved cocktail or coffee, and then return the bike before indulging in the excellent food and views at the Mountain Room Restaurant at Yosemite Lodge at the Falls. 26 Tueeulala & Wapama Falls •# Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Yosemite Falls Tuolumne •# Meadows Yosemite Lodge PLAN YOUR TRIP •# Glacier at the Falls •# Point RHalf Dome Tenaya •# É •# Mist Trail Lake•# Tunnel •# R É View Taft Point & É •# Olmsted É the Fissures Point Yosemite Merced River É Valley •# Vernal & •# •# #÷ •# ‚•# Nevada Falls •# Yosemite Tunnel View IT National Park Mist Trail I NERAR Glacier Point É É #÷ Yosemite I National Park É ES •# South Entrance É Wawona Hotel •# •# Chilnualna Falls •#Mariposa Grove •# Wawona Hotel South Entrance •# •# Maripos a Grove A Weekend in 8 Yosemite Complete 2 DAYS DAYS Yosemite Pack in all of Yosemite’s major sights on a Feast on a multi-course banquet of Valley greatest hits tour of waterfalls, sequoias attractions, scenic overlooks and giant and high-country vistas. sequoias. Spend your first day strolling the crowd- On Saturday, pack a lunch and head out free Yosemite Valley loop trails. Next pronto to conquer the long upward climb of day, experience mind-altering views hiking either the Mist Trail or the Yosemite Falls the drenched Mist Trail to Vernal and trail, giving yourself oodles of time and Nevada Falls. Be a lazy toad the following lots of scenic breather stops along the way. day, floating the Merced River – the best Quench your thirst post-hike with a celebra- rafting views you’ll ever have. Reserve day tory drink at the festive Mountain Room Bar four to huff and puff the Four Mile Trail in Yosemite Lodge at the Falls, and in the to Glacier Point, the park’s most famous evening, hear the rangers spin tales around viewpoint, or take a climbing class with the flames at a convivial Campfire Program. the Yosemite Mountaineering School. On your final day, pack up and proceed Drive out to Hetch Hetchy for a day trip to Glacier Point, stopping en route for and hike to Tueeulala and Wapama a leisurely stroll to vertigo-inducing Taft Falls. Next morning gobble down break- Point and the Fissures. Save lunch for fast at the historic Wawona Hotel, park when you get to road’s end, in full view of at the South Entrance, and explore the Half Dome and Vernal and Nevada Falls. ancient Mariposa Grove. Pack a lunch Continue past Wawona to the South En- and hike to thundering Chilnualna Falls, trance, ditching the car for the shuttle near Wawona. The following day marvel at to take a gander at the giant sequoias of Olmsted Point from the Tioga Rd view- Mariposa Grove. Return to the historic point, and take in the dazzling views from Wawona Hotel for a dinner in its classy the sandy shores of Tenaya Lake.
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