There's been so much written about this river (including 2 other posts on this blog alone -
http://thenexthorizonline.blogspot.com/2013/07/drinking-from-fire-hose-in-california.html and
http://thenexthorizonline.blogspot.com/2010/08/middle-fork-kings.html), that I'm going to keep this one as more or less a photo drop. We had low flows this year (900 at rogers crossing) as a cold snap dropped the river through the ideal flow range in about 1 day. This makes the big drops on the river much more accessible as they aren't running together, but the price is that the in between rapids entail quite a bit more boat abuse. Regardless, this is probably my favorite river trip in the world. 5 days of world class kayaking in the grandest of settings with a beautiful and brutal hike as the price of admission. It just can't be beat!
The beautiful hike in. Photo: TJ
JJ somewhere in the switchbacks down to Leconte Canyon. Photo: TJ
The Kings Canyon fish hatchery. Photo; TJ
Jordy on one of the first good rapids. Photo: JJ
Jordy finishing off the waterfall gorge. Photo: TJ
Ari blasting out of the Willie Kern Meltdown drop. Photo: TJ
And blasting through the bottom half of a burly boulder drop shortly downstream. Photo: TJ
Small waterfall below Raw Dog Falls. Photo: TJ
Final move of the sweet gorge above Simpson Meadow. Photo: TJ
The splendid Tehipite Dome. Photo: TJ
That's all folks.
