Qué hay en Parque nacional de las Secuoyas, Estados Unidos, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter chain controls (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter chain controls (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — Spring break en Estados Unidos

• Naturaleza

  Foothill wildflowers

  1 Mar – 25 Abr · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  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.

Sigue en marcha: Winter chain controls (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Foothill wildflowers (1 Mar – 25 Abr (normalmente)), Winter chain controls (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — Memorial Day weekend

• Apertura

  Crystal Cave tours

  20 May – 10 Sep · normalmenteApertura de veranoReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 MayFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

• Apertura

  Mineral King Road season

  25 May – 31 Oct · normalmenteTemporada de senderosCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Summer peak, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Festivo

  Summer peak

  15 Jun – 25 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Crystal Cave tours (20 May – 10 Sep (normalmente)), Mineral King Road season (25 May – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Summer peak, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Riesgo

  Wildfire smoke season

  15 Jul – 15 Oct · normalmente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Crystal Cave tours (20 May – 10 Sep (normalmente)), Mineral King Road season (25 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Summer peak (15 Jun – 25 Ago)

Máxima afluencia — Summer peak, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Festivo

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 SepFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Crystal Cave tours (20 May – 10 Sep (normalmente)), Mineral King Road season (25 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Summer peak (15 Jun – 25 Ago), Wildfire smoke season (15 Jul – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Labor Day weekend, Summer break en Estados Unidos

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Crystal Cave tours (20 May – 10 Sep (normalmente)), Mineral King Road season (25 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Wildfire smoke season (15 Jul – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 Sep)

Temporada media — un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Mineral King Road season (25 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Wildfire smoke season (15 Jul – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Thanksgiving break en Estados Unidos

• Norma

  Winter chain controls

  1 Nov – 30 Abr · normalmenteCierres de carreteras en inviernoCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter chain controls (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))