Glacier-Carved Kings Canyon Offers Mountain Adventures in Central California

After a salute to the giant sequoia named General Grant, visitors can trek to the Boyden Cavern’s network of tunnels, then on to Grizzly Falls.

Zumwalt Meadow near Generals Highway in Kings Canyon, Calif., on Aug. 17, 2024. Summer Lane/The Epoch Times

When one gazes across the expansive Kings Canyon in California, it’s easy to imagine that the granite peaks stretching into the sky were carved by the hands of giants.

Within the Sierra Nevada, Kings Canyon is a jagged, glacial landscape rising to 14,491 feet above sea level at the peak of Mount Whitney, according to the National Park Service.