Zumwalt Meadow under the granite of Kings Canyon

Granite walls of Kings Canyon in hard daylight

High Sierra lake beneath pale summer peaks

Fig. 1Zumwalt Meadow under the granite of Kings Canyon

Landform

One of the deepest canyons in North America, glacially carved through Sierra granite, with sequoia groves on the western benches.

Field note

Zumwalt Meadow sits under walls that rival El Capitan. Grant Grove holds General Grant, a sequoia named for a president. The canyon road ends; the wilderness does not.

Landform

Field note

Prints from Kings Canyon

The prints

A day's country

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