Eyaziwa kakhulu ngeendawo zayo zemithi yaseSequoia, iKing Canyon National Park igalela isahlulo sentaba yaseSierra Nevada eCarlifonia. Kodwa ayisiyiyo le mithi mikhulu kuphela etsala iindwendwe kwindawo ekuthiwa yi-Land of Giants, kunye ne-Sequoia National Park engummelwane. Imiwonyo enzulu, iintlambo ezichumileyo, iincopho zekhephu, kunye neendawo ezisusela kwi-1 000 ukuya kwi-14,000 yeenyawo zonke ziyinxalenye yesibheno-nangona eyona mithi mikhulu emhlabeni ngokuqinisekileyo iyimbalasane.

Ukutyelela kwiKings Canyon — kwimithi emidala yokukhulisa eyakhuthaza imibhalo kaJohn Muir ngokwakhe — iyafikeleleka kubo bonke abahambi, ngenxa yethala leendledlana zokuhamba ukusuka ku-novice. Kwaye awudingi naziphi na izakhono zobuchwephesha konke konke ukuze uchukunyiswe kukuphakama, kunye nobudala, bemithi ye iconic enqabileyo kunxweme lwaseCalifornia.

Uhlala phi

Ukongeza kwiindawo zokumisa iinkampu kunye namathuba okubuyela e-backcountry, zininzi iikhabhathi zonyaka kunye neendawo zokulala ezinokukhetha kuzo kufutshane neKing Canyon National Park.

IJohn Muir Lodge, ebekwe kwindawo yeGrant Grove yepaki, ibonelela ngamagumbi angama-36 kunye nendawo yokutyela kwaye ivulekile unyaka wonke. Kwaye iiGranti Grove Cabins, ezikwiGranti Grove kunye nomgama nje omfutshane ukusuka kwiziko labandwendweli, kwimarike, kwivenkile yokutyela, eposini, nakwivenkile yezipho. Nangona iikhabhathi zikhona unyaka wonke, zilinganiselwe ebusika.

Kulabo banomdla wokuhlola ukubuyela umva ngexesha leenyanga zobusika, iPear Lake Winter Hut ifikeleleka kuphela ngolusu olunzima lweemayile ezintandathu okanye uhambo lweqhwa kwimimandla egutyungelwe likhephu. Emva kohambo, iindwendwe ziya kufumana iibhedi ezilishumi ezifudumeleyo kunye nesitovu seenkuni. Ukubhuka kuyafuneka kwaye kunokwenziwa kwi-intanethi okanye ngomnxeba. Kuphela ngabo banobuchule bokubuyela umva ebusika ekufuneka bezame olu hlobo lohambo.

Inkampu yokubuyela emva kwelizwe ivumelekile kwiindawo ezichongiweyo, kwaye lukhetho olukhulu kwabo bafuna ukufumana amava angathathwanga. Iimvume zasentlango ziyafuneka kuzo zonke iinkampu zasemaphandleni. Iinkampu zaphambi kwelizwe, ezinje ngeAzalea kunye neSentinel yeendawo zeenkampu, ziindawo ezifikelelekayo zokuchitha ubusuku phantsi kweenkwenkwezi. ISentinel ikummandla weCedar Grove wepaki kwaye ivaliwe ngeenyanga zobusika, ngelixa iAzalea ikummandla weGranti Grove kwaye ivulekile unyaka wonke.

Kwenziwe ntoni

Umtsalane ophambili weKing Canyon National Park yindawo ye-Sequoia. Ngelixa ukuphakama kwabo okumangalisayo kuyinto entle, abahambi banokuchukumiseka ngakumbi bubudala beempawu zomhlaba zendalo. Imithi emininzi iphakathi kweminyaka eli-1 800 nama-2 700 ubudala.

Iigranti iGrove, ebekwe kufutshane noHola wendlela ongu-180, inee-sequoia ezinkulu kakhulu, ukongeza kwindawo entle ngaphezulu komthi weGeneral Grant. Kukho uthungelwano lweendlela kule grove evumela iindwendwe ukuba zizule phakathi kwamahlathi amakhulu, amadlelo, neengxangxasi. Khetha kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zokunyuka ezinokuhlala naphi na ukusuka kwiyure enye ukuya kusuku olupheleleyo okanye nangaphezulu.

Ukuba unexesha, thatha uhambo lweCongress Trail olusuka kwiGeneral Sherman Tree (umthi omkhulu emhlabeni ngobuninzi) ukuya phezulu encotsheni yedome lenyengane eyaziwa ngokuba yiMoro Rock.

Ewe kunjalo, kukho okungakumbi ukubona kwiKing Canyon National Park kunemithi nje. Indlela ebukekayo inika inani leendawo ezibukekayo eziboniswe yimiboniso yezemfundo, ngelixa ukunyuka kwamatye kunye nokhenketho lwemiqolomba yekristale ebuthathaka kunika umbono ongalindelekanga wepaki eyaziwa kakhulu ngamasebe awo.

Utyelela nini

Le paki inika iindwendwe ithuba lokuzonwabisa unyaka wonke. Kwaye kwenzeka ukuba yenye yeepaki zikazwelonke ezilungileyo ukutyelela ebusika. Abahambi banokuhamba ngekhephu okanye bashushuluze phantsi kwemithi eqatywe likhephu, kwaye bade bachithe ubusuku kwindawo epholileyo yePear Lake Winter Hut.

Iindawo ezithile zepaki ezikwiindawo eziphakamileyo, nangona kunjalo, zihlala zivala ebusika. Ukuhamba ixesha elide kunye nohambo lokuhamba ubhaka, eyona nto uyifunayo kukubheja ngaphambi kobusika. Umzekelo omangalisayo weMarble Crystal Cave, umzekelo, unokungeniswa kuphela ehlotyeni.

Gcina ukhumbula ukuba imozulu inokutshintsha kakhulu nangaliphi na ixesha lonyaka, kuxhomekeke ekuphakameni kommandla othile wepaki oza kuyindwendwela.