Kings Canyon

You can find bigger pictures and more map locations for this hike in this Kings Canyon Flickr set.

The Sphinx

Mist Falls

Mist Falls

South Fork Kings River Valley

Paradise Valley

Paradise Valley

Ponderosa Pines

Ponderosa Pine Bark Puzzle Pieces

Ponderosa Pine Bark

Castle Domes

Woods Creek

Castle Domes

Woods Creek

Castle Domes

Woods Creek

Woods Creek

Woods Creek

Woods Creek Suspension Bridge

Aspen

Pyramid Peak and Window Peak

Bristlecone Pine

Dollar Lake

Fin Dome

Fin Dome

Arrowhead Lake

Arrowhead Lake

Rae Lakes

Fin Dome

Painted Lady

Rae Lakes

Dragon Peak and Mt Rixford

Fin Dome

Painted Lady

Alpenglow

Painted Lady

Painted Lady

Rae Lakes

Rae Lakes

Rae Lakes

Rae Lakes

Rae Lakes

Black Mountain and Dragon Peak

Sixty Lake Basin

Sixty Lake Basin

Sixty Lake Basin

Fin Dome

Sixty Lake Basin

Sixty Lake Basin

Sixty Lake Basin

Sixty Lake Basin

Sixty Lake Basin

Squid in the Sky

Sixty Lake Basin

Sixty Lake Basin

Sixty Lake Basin

Sixty Lake Basin

Sixty Lake Basin

Thursday afternoon trail into greyness

Gray Rae Lakes

Friday Morning: No Painted Lady and no Glen Pass

No Diamond Peak and Black Mountain either

Castle Domes

Castle Domes

Paradise Valley

South Fork Kings River Valley

Mist Falls

Lighting Studies

Rae Lakes Campsite


4pm

6pm

7pm

7:30am

7:45am

9:30am

Sixty Lake Basin Campsite


6pm

6:45pm

7pm

7:45am

10:30am

3pm

Evening Clouds


6:30pm

6:45pm

6:55pm

7:05pm

7:10pm

7:15am

Panoramas


Castle Domes

Rae Lakes

Rae Lakes

Rae Lakes

Rae Lakes

Rae Lakes

Sixty Lake Basin

Rae Lakes

Movies

Mist Falls, Cascades 1, Cascades 2, Cascades 3, Rattlesnake, Suspension Bridge, Caterpillar Clouds

I took these pictures on a 7-day backpacking trip with Ed in Kings Canyon National Park in September 2007.
Here is a map with our route indicated. You can see where this area is on a larger map.
I also made a map with clickable arrows pointing in the direction of each photo.
The tip of the arrow indicates where I was standing when I took the photo.
You may also want to check out the zoomable Topozone map of the region.
This was supposed to be a west-to-east Sierra crossing trip, swapping car keys with Paul and Mark.
But we couldn't continue over Glen Pass and Kearsarge Pass on Friday because of the snow storm :(
So we ended up walking the 22 miles back to Cedar Grove (red on this map) in a day and a half,
instead of going just 10 miles to Onion Valley (blue on this map),
resulting in a total distance of about 50 miles, and about 6700ft elevation gain and loss.
We also had to do 7 hours of driving on Saturday afternoon/evening to get to Paul's car, and 8 hours of driving on Sunday.
Here are some pictures from the road.

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© 2007 Susanne Z. Riehemann