Kings Canyon — Grant Grove & Montecito
Kings Canyon National Park · near Fresno / Three Rivers · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Nordic & Snowshoe
At a glance
- Best season
- Dec–Mar; snow variable (~6,600 ft)
What is here
- Activities
- classic · snowshoe
- Setting
- forest
- Amenities
- Snowshoe among sequoias · Groomed trails at Montecito · General Grant tree · Rentals & lodge
- Best for
- Family Nordic among big trees
- Features
- Grant Grove giant sequoias · General Grant tree · Montecito groomed trails · Family lodge base
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Variable southern-Sierra snow · Chains on park roads · Cold; sun exposure · Layers
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Rentals
- Yes
Nordic & Snowshoe detail
- Venue
- park
- Ability
- beginner
- Snow
- 3
- Trail notes
- Snowshoe among giant sequoias at Grant Grove and ski groomed trails at the family-run Montecito-Sequoia Lodge — gentle, scenic Nordic terrain in the southern Sierra
- Terrain note
- ~6,600–7,500 ft; marked & groomed; variable snow
- Intl tip
- A delightful family Nordic destination in the southern Sierra: snowshoe or ski among towering giant sequoias at Kings Canyon's Grant Grove (home of the General Grant Tree, one of Earth's largest living things), then ski the cross-country trails of the family-run Montecito-Sequoia Lodge through forest and meadow, with rentals, lessons, and cozy lodge stays. At ~6,600 ft the snow is variable (best mid-winter); chains required on park roads, it's cold — dress in layers, check conditions. Gentle, scenic, welcoming.
The guide
The Grant Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park and the neighboring Montecito-Sequoia Lodge together make a delightful famil…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Kings Canyon — Grant Grove & Montecito — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 36.74, -118.97