Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Kings Canyon National Park, Verenigde Staten

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter road closures and chains (16 nov – 21 apr)

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter road closures and chains (16 nov – 21 apr)

Druk — Spring break in Verenigde Staten

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter road closures and chains (16 nov – 21 apr)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Opening

  Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open

  22 apr – 15 nov · meestalWandelseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter road closures and chains (16 nov – 21 apr)

Druk — Memorial Day weekend

• Natuur

  Snowmelt on the Kings River

  1 mei – 5 jul · meestalHoogwaterRisico

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (meestal)), Snowmelt on the Kings River (1 mei – 5 jul (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  High country trail season

  5 jul – 25 sep · meestalBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (meestal)), Snowmelt on the Kings River (1 mei – 5 jul (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Wildfire smoke season

  1 aug – 5 okt · meestalSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 sepNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (meestal)), High country trail season (5 jul – 25 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Labor Day weekend, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (meestal)), High country trail season (5 jul – 25 sep (meestal)), Wildfire smoke season (1 aug – 5 okt (meestal)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 sep)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (meestal)), Wildfire smoke season (1 aug – 5 okt (meestal))

Druk — Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

• Sluiting

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (meestal))

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Nation's Christmas Tree ceremony

  6–16 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaar

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter road closures and chains (16 nov – 21 apr)