#kings-canyon

4 trips tagged “kings-canyon”

kings-canyon backpacking at a glance

CaliPeaks documents 4 California backpacking routes tagged kings-canyon, ranging from 8 to 13 miles with Difficulty spans 0/100 () on Bubbs Creek Trail up to 0/100 () on Bubbs Creek Trail. All of these routes require a wilderness permit — each trip page links the booking window.

These routes cross Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, and the months most of them share are July, August, September. Every stat below is cited on its trip page, so you can compare them like-for-like and follow any number back to the managing agency.

Bubbs Creek Trail

Bubbs Creek is the Rae Lakes Loop's quieter half: a steady climb from Road's End through forest and granite to Sphinx Creek Junction, with t…

8 migain n/aDiff

Copper Creek Trail

The Copper Creek Trail is Kings Canyon's steepest doorway to the high country: a hot, demanding 4-mile climb from Road's End to Lower Tent M…

8 migain n/aDiff

Lewis Creek Trail

Lewis Creek is Cedar Grove's steep, quiet alternative: a hot climb from Highway 180 to Frypan Meadow's forest camp, with the wild Kennedy Pa…

11 migain n/aDiff

Woods Creek Trail to Paradise Valley

The Woods Creek Trail climbs from Road's End into Paradise Valley, a broad meadow basin on the Rae Lakes Loop's north leg where the South Fo…

13 migain n/aDiff