Best Easy Day Hikes Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Book

	Acknowledgments	vi
	Legend	vii
	Overview Map	viii
	Introduction	1
	Park History	1
	The Giant Sequoia	4
	Topographic Features	4
	Planning Your Trip	6
	Getting to Sequoia and Kings Canyon	6
	Getting a Backcountry Permit	7
	Emergency Medical Services (Personal Responsibility)	7
	Using This Guidebook	8
	How This Guide Is Organized	8
	Types of Hikes	8
	Ratings	8
	Distances	8
	Maps	9
	Elevation Charts	10
	Sharing	10
	Backcountry Regulations	10
	Food Storage and Bears	13
	Food Storage Regulations	14
	Zero Impact	15
	Make It a Safe Trip	17
	Being Prepared	17
	Seasons and Weather	18
	Hypothermia--The Silent Killer	18
	Altitude Sickness	20
	Drinking Water and Giardiasis	21
	High Water	21
	Poison Oak	21
	Ticks	21
	Mosquitoes and Biting Flies	22
	Rattlesnakes	22
	Be Bear Aware	22
	Mountain Lions	24
	Sequoia/Kings Canyon Trail Finder	27
	Author's Favorite Hikes	31
	Hikes in the Foothills
1	Lower Colony Mill Trail	35
2	North Fork Trail	37
3	Marble Falls	40
4	Paradise Creek	43
5	Middle Fork Trail	46
	Hikes in the Giant Forest
6	Upper Colony Mill Trail	49
7	Sunset Rock	52
8	Moro Rock and Hanging Rock	54
9	Sugar Pine Trail	57
10	Crescent and Log Meadows	60
11	Round Meadow Trail	62
12	Huckleberry Trail	64
13	Congress Trail	67
14	Trail of the Sequoias	69
15	Circle Meadow	72
	Hikes in the Central High Sierra
16	High Sierra Trail to Bearpaw Meadow	75
17	Hamilton Lakes	78
18	Nine Lake Basin	82
19	Big Arroyo	84
20	Redwood Meadow	86
21	Pinto Lake	90
22	Little Five Lakes	91
	Hikes in the Lodgepole and Dorst Areas
23	Lakes Trail	94
24	Alta Peak	99
25	Alta Meadow	101
26	Long Meadow Trail	102
27	Tokopah Falls	104
28	Twin Lakes Trail	107
29	Little Baldy	110
30	Muir Grove	112
	Hikes in the Grant Grove Area
31	Big Stump Loop	115
32	Hitchcock Meadow Trail	118
33	South Boundary Trail	120
34	Manzanita and Azalea Trails	124
35	General Grant Loop	127
36	Sunset Trail	129
37	North Grove and Dead Giant Loops	133
38	North Boundary and Lone Pine Trails	136
39	Park Ridge Trail	139
	Hikes in the Redwood Canyon Area
40	Hart Tree Trail	143
41	Sugarbowl Trail	147
42	Redwood Canyon	149
43	Buena Vista Peak	152
44	Big Baldy Ridge	154
	Hikes in the Cedar Grove and Monarch Divide Areas
45	Deer Cove Trail to Grizzly Lakes	157
46	Lewis Creek Trail	160
47	Don Cecil Trail	163
48	Hotel Creek Trail	166
49	Roaring River Falls to Zumwalt Meadow	168
50	Road's End to the Bailey Bridge	171
51	Junction Meadow	174
52	Vidette Meadow	178
53	Upper Bubbs Creek	179
54	Copper Creek Trail	182
55	Paradise Valley	185
56	Rae Lakes Loop	187
	Hikes in the Mineral King and South Fork Areas
57	Paradise Peak	193
58	Atwell-Hockett Trail to Hockett Meadows	195
59	Evelyn Lake and Cahoon Rock	198
60	Cold Springs Nature Trail	201
61	Timber Gap	204
62	Crystal Lakes	206
63	Monarch Lakes	209
64	Black Wolf Falls	210
65	Franklin Lakes	213
66	Farewell Gap	216
67	White Chief Bowl	218
68	Eagle Lake	221
69	Mosquito Lakes	224
70	Ladybug Camp and Whisky Log Camp	227
71	Garfield Grove	230
	Hikes in and near the Jennie Lakes Wilderness
72	Weaver Lake	232
73	Jennie Lake	235
74	Deer Meadow	237
75	Mitchell Peak	240
76	Lookout Peak	243
	Hikes in the Sugarloaf Valley and Mount Silliman Area
77	Roaring River	245
78	Seville Lake	250
79	Lost Lake	253
80	Ranger and Beville Lakes	256
	Hikes in Northern and Eastern Kings Canyon and Eastern Sequoia
81	Goddard Canyon	258
82	Evolution Valley	264
83	Dusy Basin	266
84	Onion Valley to Kearsarge Lakes	269
85	Charlotte Lake	273
86	Mount Whitney	275
Appendix A	For More Information	281
Appendix B	Sources and Recommended Reading	283
Appendix C	Hiker's Checklist	284
	Glossary	285
	About the Author	286