2024 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa

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The ride into Kings Canyon is a dead end. Back in the road building days 100 years ago, it was envisioned to pave this road up and over the Sierra Range but the pass was never built. At our turn around point is the river in the canyon.

 

[CBXRider]

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a pass south of the Tioga someplace…

 

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Temps in the canyon are around 90 degrees. It's hot. But great place to wet your cool vest is this handy rushing mountain river
Benny says it's really cold.

Everyone got ice cream & lots of water.

 

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Cathy makes friends with everybody. She's been riding on these tours with me since 2012, one of my most senior Tour Alumni.

Kings Canyon is the deepest canyon in the United States, top of the peaks to the river is 8200 ft

 

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Ever get a chance to head into Kings Canyon NP, take the ride.

 

[dcnblues]

The ride into Kings Canyon is a dead end. Back in the road building days 100 years ago, it was envisioned to pave this road up and over the Sierra Range but the pass was never built. At our turn around point is the river in the canyon.

If you're going to the trouble to ride down into the canyon, you really should go all the way out to Roads End trailhead. There are trees and shade and tables and an absolutely amazing dry scented Alpine environment, of course with the river right next to you. There's a big loop you can hike in 5 to 7 days over Kearsarge pass and the nice thing about it is there's always water. But the trailhead is one of my favorite places on the planet...

 

[dcnblues]

Kings Canyon is the deepest canyon in the United States, top of the peaks to the river is 8200 ft

Had no idea, this thread continues to be a gold mine.

 

[CBXRider]

Hiway 180 is closed for the winter from 13 miles east of Hume Lake Road. Surprisingly 198, the entrance thru Sequoia NP still shows open. I haven’t called the Park number though. Yosemite is always the first to shut down roads, the Tioga and Glacier Pt. and the last to open them in the spring. The view from Glacier Pt. in winter must be spectacular but there’s no way to get there. Park management won’t clear the road. Park management won’t clear the downed trees (log kindling actually) either. The next forest fire is going to have lots of firewood to burn. In my travels no other park state or federal is this lax in keeping the forest floor clean. It will be nice to visit the parks in the spring. Snow everywhere except the roads makes for a really pretty ride.

 

[pashnit]

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a pass south of the Tioga someplace…

Ha Terry, it's known as Sherman Pass.

Sherman Pass Rd, Kennedy Meadows | California Motorcycle Roads | Pashnit

Ride Sherman Pass across the Kern Plateau, California Motorcycle Rides

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Anybody wanna see some sequoias?

 

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At Grants Grove, there's a short loop trail through the grove

me n Matt, who came all this way to see the giant Sequoias - I'm still trying to digest we haven't seen each other in 30 years.

 

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Always a challenge to capture the scale of these trees, people for scale

 

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Cathy for scale

 

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Somebody got ice cream

Dropping out of the mountains, Grants Grove where the sequoias are is at 7000 ft, and into the foothills for more twisty deserted roads