csf - 3 rivers (ash mountain entrance to sequoia park)
http://maps.yahoo.com/dd_result?ed=xTowJeV.wimQQVd6MsEKU7USFw--&csz=sf%2Cca&country=us&tcsz=three+rivers%2C+ca&tcountry=us&terr=3005


http://www.sequoia.national-park.com/hike.htm - nice day hikes


Horse Coral Meadow to Seville Lake with an ascent of Twin Peaks

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Belle Canyon Trail (Sunset Meadow trailhead):
Moderate hike; first 2 miles (3.2 km) hardest. Forests, lakes and vistas. 
 6 miles (9.6 km) to Seville Lake; 8 miles (12.8 km) to Lost Lake.
First campsite - Rowell Meadow (2 miles/3.2 km)
http://www.nps.gov/seki/trailtxt.htm
Permits issued from Grant Grove Visitor Center 559-565-4307
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Request permits
http://www.nps.gov/seki/resform.htm
phone numbers and addresses:
http://www.sequoia.national-park.com/cal.htm
http://www.sequoia.national-park.com/address.htm

Route: Rowell Meadow trail-head in Jennie Lakes Wilderness to Lost Lake in Kings Canyon National Park.
Elevation: 7800' to 9127' (Lost Lake), 14 miles round trip
Grant Grove Visitor Center
http://www.sonic.net/~bobino/jlkc9508.html
Golden, Rainbow and Brown Trout 

Sugarloaf Valley / Roaring River --- bear canisters:
Comanche Meadow
Lost Lake
Ranger Lake (2)
Roaring River Ranger Station (3)
Seville Lake (2)
Sugarloaf Meadow 
http://www.sequoia.national-park.com/camping.htm

BIG FUCKING TREES - Sherman Tree, 103 feet circumference, 275-foot-tall, world's largest living thing
north of ash mtn entrance near three rivers, ca
MT. Whitney - biggest mountain in US outside of alaska


lost lake, seville lake pics:
http://members.tripod.com/lowdon/id29.htm
http://www.laursen.org/199608SevilleLake/index.html

Other hikes
Moro Rock - great view of mtns, plateau, foothills
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-parks-994978-sequoia_kings_canyon_activities-i-sc-backpacking


Good Sierra Checklist -
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/9446/highCountryHiking.html

MAPS
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http://www.nps.gov/seki/pphtml/maps.html
 (print: park regional map, road map)
http://www.sequoia.national-park.com/map.htm
topo - http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=11&n=4116100&e=354764&s=25&size=m&symshow=no

Lake Sabrina
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7-8 hours from SF (map sf to bishop, ca)
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/9446/index.html
http://mally.stanford.edu/~sr/sabrina2/map.html

http://mally.stanford.edu/~sr/sierramap.html

Fishing 

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/fishing/sportfishingfees.html


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Things to consider when picking a place
- driving time from SF to trailhead
* report of area - find and call closest park office,
  usually national park service peeps are knowledgable
- roundtrip miles of hike,
- vertical feet of hike,
- starting/max/min elevations
- place to camp
- sights and scenery
- water availability along hike and near camping
* are fires allowed (any where, only in pits, just stoves, etc)
* what days are available (check 14th and 21st, thurs-sun)
* special things (hunting season, bear cannisters, etc)
* other hikes similar

Things independent of place
- we all have backpacks?  hiking boots?
- tents
- outhouse for mike
- food
- stoves (chad has 2)
- warm clothes
- bug repellent