Det sker i Sequoia National Park, United States året igennem

Travlt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Winter chain controls (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Stille — en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Winter chain controls (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Spring break i United States

• Natur

  Foothill wildflowers

  1. mar. – 25. apr. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  The low chaparral along the road up from Three Rivers flowers weeks before anything at the sequoias' elevation, so early spring means walking the bottom of the park and looking up at snow.

Stadig i gang: Winter chain controls (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Foothill wildflowers (1. mar. – 25. apr. (normalt)), Winter chain controls (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Memorial Day weekend

• Åbning

  Crystal Cave tours

  20. maj – 10. sep. · normaltSommersæsonen åbnerBook tidligt

  Guided marble-cave tours run in the warm months and only with a ticket bought ahead; there is no walk-up. The narrow access road has closed mid-season for repairs, so check before driving to it. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23.–25. majNational helligdagTætpakketBook tidligt

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Kilde ↗

• Åbning

  Mineral King Road season

  25. maj – 31. okt. · normaltVandresæsonLukninger

  Twenty-five miles of narrow switchbacks open from late May to about the end of October and take well over an hour each way. Marmots chew through car wiring here in early summer, which is why cars get wrapped. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Summer peak, Summer break i United States

• Helligdag

  Summer peak

  15. jun. – 25. aug.SkoleferieTætpakket

  The Giant Forest parking fills by mid-morning through the school holidays and the shuttle is the way in. The road from the entrance climbs 1,500 metres of switchbacks and it queues at the gate. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Crystal Cave tours (20. maj – 10. sep. (normalt)), Mineral King Road season (25. maj – 31. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Summer peak, Summer break i United States

• Risiko

  Wildfire smoke season

  15. jul. – 15. okt. · normalt

  Late summer brings smoke from fires in the Sierra and up out of the Central Valley, and the groves themselves have burned within the last few years. Some Septembers the view is a hundred metres. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Crystal Cave tours (20. maj – 10. sep. (normalt)), Mineral King Road season (25. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), Summer peak (15. jun. – 25. aug.)

Tætpakket — Summer peak, Summer break i United States

• Helligdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5.–7. sep.National helligdagTætpakketBook tidligt

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Crystal Cave tours (20. maj – 10. sep. (normalt)), Mineral King Road season (25. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), Summer peak (15. jun. – 25. aug.), Wildfire smoke season (15. jul. – 15. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Labor Day weekend, Summer break i United States

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Crystal Cave tours (20. maj – 10. sep. (normalt)), Mineral King Road season (25. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), Wildfire smoke season (15. jul. – 15. okt. (normalt)), Labor Day weekend (5.–7. sep.)

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Mineral King Road season (25. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), Wildfire smoke season (15. jul. – 15. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Thanksgiving break i United States

• Regel

  Winter chain controls

  1. nov. – 30. apr. · normaltVejlukninger om vinterenLukninger

  Chains have to be carried on the Generals Highway all winter, four-wheel drive included, and the road closes outright during storms. The sequoias under snow are the reward for the drive up. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Winter chain controls (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))