På gång i Kings Canyon National Park, United States under året

Mycket folk — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter road closures and chains (16 nov – 21 apr)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter road closures and chains (16 nov – 21 apr)

Mycket folk — Spring break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter road closures and chains (16 nov – 21 apr)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Öppning

  Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open

  22 apr – 15 nov · vanligtvisLedsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter road closures and chains (16 nov – 21 apr)

Mycket folk — Memorial Day weekend

• Natur

  Snowmelt on the Kings River

  1 maj – 5 jul · vanligtvisHögvattenRisk

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 majNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Snowmelt on the Kings River (1 maj – 5 jul (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  High country trail season

  5 jul – 25 sep · vanligtvisBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Snowmelt on the Kings River (1 maj – 5 jul (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Wildfire smoke season

  1 aug – 5 okt · vanligtvisStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 sepNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), High country trail season (5 jul – 25 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Labor Day weekend, Summer break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i september.

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

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Wildfire smoke season (1 aug – 5 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Thanksgiving break i United States

• Stängt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway open (22 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Nation's Christmas Tree ceremony

  6–16 dec · vanligtvisJul & nyår

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter road closures and chains (16 nov – 21 apr)