Agenda di Taman Nasional Kings Canyon, Amerika Serikat sepanjang tahun

Ramai — Winter / Christmas break di Amerika Serikat, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Januari.

Masih berlangsung: Winter road closures and chains (16 Nov – 21 Apr)

Sepi — salah satu bulan cuaca terburuknya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Februari.

Masih berlangsung: Winter road closures and chains (16 Nov – 21 Apr)

Ramai — Spring break di Amerika Serikat

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Maret.

Masih berlangsung: Winter road closures and chains (16 Nov – 21 Apr)

Musim peralihan — bulan biasa

• Pembukaan

  Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open

  22 Apr – 15 Nov · biasanyaMusim jalur pendakian

  Highway 180 down into the canyon to Cedar Grove opens around the fourth Friday in April and shuts again in mid-November, so Zumwalt Meadow, Roads End and the deepest part of the canyon exist for about seven months a year. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Winter road closures and chains (16 Nov – 21 Apr)

Ramai — Memorial Day weekend

• Alam

  Snowmelt on the Kings River

  1 Mei – 5 Jul · biasanyaAir tinggiRisiko

  The river runs full and loud through late spring and drowns people every year — the water is snow that fell a week ago and the rocks beside it are wet. Roaring River Falls is at its best and its most dangerous at the same moment. Sumber ↗

• Libur

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 MeiHari libur nasionalRamaiPesan lebih awal

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya))

Ramai — Summer break di Amerika Serikat, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Juni.

Masih berlangsung: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya)), Snowmelt on the Kings River (1 Mei – 5 Jul (biasanya))

Ramai — Summer break di Amerika Serikat, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Musim

  High country trail season

  5 Jul – 25 Sep · biasanyaPesan lebih awal

  The passes above Cedar Grove and on the Rae Lakes loop are only reliably snow-free from early July, which is why the wilderness permit quota is fought over for exactly these weeks. A big snow year pushes it later. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya)), Snowmelt on the Kings River (1 Mei – 5 Jul (biasanya))

Ramai — Summer break di Amerika Serikat, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Bahaya

  Wildfire smoke season

  1 Agu – 5 Okt · biasanyaPenutupan

  Smoke from fires in the Sierra and up the Central Valley fills the canyon and can shut the park outright, as it has more than once. Late summer is the gamble you take for the best trail conditions of the year. Sumber ↗

• Libur

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 SepHari libur nasionalRamaiPesan lebih awal

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya)), High country trail season (5 Jul – 25 Sep (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — Labor Day weekend, Summer break di Amerika Serikat

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di September.

Masih berlangsung: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya)), High country trail season (5 Jul – 25 Sep (biasanya)), Wildfire smoke season (1 Agu – 5 Okt (biasanya)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 Sep)

Musim peralihan — bulan biasa

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Oktober.

Masih berlangsung: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya)), Wildfire smoke season (1 Agu – 5 Okt (biasanya))

Ramai — Thanksgiving break di Amerika Serikat

• Penutupan

  Winter road closures and chains

  16 Nov – 21 Apr

  The canyon road is gated and what stays open — Grant Grove and the road up from Fresno — needs chains in the boot whether or not it is snowing when you set off. Rangers turn cars back at the entrance for not carrying them. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya))

Ramai — Winter / Christmas break di Amerika Serikat, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Festival

  Nation's Christmas Tree ceremony

  6–16 Des · biasanyaNatal & Tahun Baru

  A wreath is laid at the foot of the General Grant tree on a Sunday in early December, a ceremony that has run since the 1920s. It is a short service in the snow among sequoias with almost nobody else in the grove. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Winter road closures and chains (16 Nov – 21 Apr)