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Kings Canyon National Park - Mist Falls Trail Hike

Much of Kings Canyon National park is wilderness with no way to see but backpacking into it. The Roads End where the Mist Falls trailhead begins is apply named as it is the furthest one can go by highway into the park. The Mist Falls trail is a gateway to the vast wilderness of Kings Canyon National Park. Day hikers are likely to meet wilderness backpackers on the way up or coming back from the high back country on the trail. The Mist Falls Trail is about a 8+ mile round trip hike in Kings Canyon National Park to one of the largest if not the largest water falls in the park. Water from a lake 11,000 feet up in the Kings Canyon National Park back country flows its way south and then west. At Mist Falls, it drops through a gorge and 100 feet down a natural a granite slide to the rocky river bed of Kings river in the canyon below. Our hike was in September, no mist at all, but we imagine in spring the falls will roar with an abundance of cascading water and flying mist. The hike to the Mist falls follows a long sandy path through meadow and forested land. At about 2 miles from the trail head where the trail converges with the river, the climb up the canyon starts. There are cascades and rapids between clear pools on the river side. The trail is forest shaded but also travels over rocky granite outcrops that offer scenic views of the forested granite mountains back down the canyon. The last mile to the falls where the trail gains 600 feet is the steepest. Tips: In summer, gnats swarm in the meadow part of the trail, so if you don’t like bugs on your arms, face or neck, wear sun sleeves and a head net or have something to fan them away. You may find the going better and less taxing in the long walk on the sandy path from and to the trail head by sticking to the trail edges instead of the soft sand underfoot in the middle.