Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks personnel continue to make progress with snow clearing, damage repairs, and all the various tasks associated with recovering from a historic winter season. Memorial Day weekend is the usual kick-off to summer in the parks, but unfortunately this year, access to the world’s largest tree (by volume)and the surrounding Giant Forest and Lodgepole area won’t be open in time. Crystal Cave and Cedar Grove are expected to be inaccessible for the 2023 summer season. No vehicular public access to Mineral King is anticipated before August, and it is likely to be later.
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Thanks to information provided by partner agencies Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks is sharing a couple significant updates as part of their weekly review of estimated reopening dates. Click to learn more!
Effective Friday, April 14, public access to the foothills of Sequoia National Park will be restored following massive flooding that caused major road damage last month. Access into the Grant Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park reopened last Friday, April 7. Click for more updates.
Access to Grant Grove has been restored, and access to the Foothills area is expected to be restored on Friday 14 April. Read more for helpful information and more expected opening dates.
Roads and facilities in the parks have been badly damaged by the recent major winter storms, beginning with a weather event in early January and followed by a succession of weather events in March. Park officials stress that there are still many unknowns that are likely to change these dates, and plan to issue regular updates to their projections.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, in partnership with Tulare County and Caltrans, is hosting a public meeting on Friday, March 24 at 6 p.m. at the Santa Teresita Youth Conference Center in Three Rivers, CA. Agencies will provide an overview of damage and impacts from the recent storm systems, with an opportunity for participants to ask questions.
While the parks are currently closed to visitors, we do want to reach out to you, our neighbors, to let you know what we’re doing on our end.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks to close at 6pm Thursday 9 March. Additional updates, including timeframes for reopening, will be issued as information becomes available.
Park employees are actively working on storm preparedness in the parks, but Clay and his team are also concerned for what impacts may look like in our local communities. They are providing some additional information to help keep us all informed.
The Ash Mountain entrance to Sequoia National Park is anticipated to close on Thursday, March 9 at 6 pm. Closures may occur throughout Kings Canyon National Park depending upon how the weather system unfolds.
Due to impacts from the ongoing winter storm, both the General Grant Tree and the Giant Forest are not accessible. Call (559) 565-3341 and press 1, 1 for road condition updates.
Due to impacts from an ongoing winter storm, the Generals Highway is closed north of Hospital Rock. It is not possible to reach Giant Forest. The Generals Highway from the Wye to Quail Flat in Grant Grove is closed until further notice due to a new section of road with significant damage.