Hva som skjer i Sequoia National Park, United States gjennom året

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter chain controls (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter chain controls (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Spring break i United States

• Natur

  Foothill wildflowers

  1. mar – 25. apr · vanligvisVillblomster og 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.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter chain controls (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Foothill wildflowers (1. mar – 25. apr (vanligvis)), Winter chain controls (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Memorial Day weekend

• Åpning

  Crystal Cave tours

  20. mai – 10. sep · vanligvisSommersesongen åpnerBestill tidlig

  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. maiNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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 ↗

• Åpning

  Mineral King Road season

  25. mai – 31. okt · vanligvisStisesongStengninger

  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 ↗

Toppsesong — Summer peak, Summer break i United States

• Helligdag

  Summer peak

  15. jun – 25. augSkoleferieMye folk

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Crystal Cave tours (20. mai – 10. sep (vanligvis)), Mineral King Road season (25. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Summer peak, Summer break i United States

• Fare

  Wildfire smoke season

  15. jul – 15. okt · vanligvis

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Crystal Cave tours (20. mai – 10. sep (vanligvis)), Mineral King Road season (25. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Summer peak (15. jun – 25. aug)

Toppsesong — Summer peak, Summer break i United States

• Helligdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5.–7. sepNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Crystal Cave tours (20. mai – 10. sep (vanligvis)), Mineral King Road season (25. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Summer peak (15. jun – 25. aug), Wildfire smoke season (15. jul – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Labor Day weekend, Summer break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Crystal Cave tours (20. mai – 10. sep (vanligvis)), Mineral King Road season (25. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Wildfire smoke season (15. jul – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Labor Day weekend (5.–7. sep)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Mineral King Road season (25. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Wildfire smoke season (15. jul – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Thanksgiving break i United States

• Regel

  Winter chain controls

  1. nov – 30. apr · vanligvisVinterstengte veierStengninger

  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 ↗

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter chain controls (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))