Sequoia and Kings Canyon Nationa Parks encompass the most rugged portions of the Sierra Nevada. From the highest peaks in the lower 48 states, Ice Age glaciers descended to carve some of the country's deepest canyons. In Sequoia the General's Highway climbs the stream-cut walls of the Kaweah canyon. Kings Canyon Scenic Byway passes through both gelogic profiles:where it ends, you can stand on canyon floor scoured flat by glaciers and stare up at canyon walls rising nearly one mile.

These two parks have giant trees, waterfalls, canyons and BEARS..