TRAVEL
March 23, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
Wuksachi Lodge, built in 1999, is the newest of the lodges in the Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. As a winter vacation, we enjoyed hiking through Sequoia's Giant Forest and snowshoeing and cross-country skiing on local trails. We were impressed by the cleared and sanded paths after a snowstorm and the complimentary snow-chain installation. The choice and quality of the food in the restaurant were way above our expectations. Wuksachi Lodge, Sequoia National Park; (866) 807-3598, (559)
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 8, 2012 | By Daniel Siegal, Los Angeles Times
Forty years ago a La Cañada Flintridge teen named Tim Taylor climbed a mountain more than 12,000 feet high and more than 20 miles deep in the backcountry of the southern Sierra. Taylor left behind a small legacy that was discovered last month, and now members of an Oakland family are trying to find him. In September, while on an 11-day trek with his son, grandson and others near Milestone Mountain in Sequoia National Park, Oakland resident Larry Wright, 69, stumbled upon a small metal canister nestled against a rock near a high peak.
NEWS
July 27, 2012 | By Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times Daily Travel & Deal blogger
Reservations for tent cabins along the High Sierra Trail in Sequoia National Park usually sell out in a few hours when the booking period opens in January. But this year spaces are still available in August and September for the six cabins at 7,800 feet because of a legal wrangle over the use of pack animals that delayed the camp's opening. Bearpaw High Sierra Camp , a park tradition for 80 years, is a treat for guests who hike in 11.5 miles and find beds, hot showers and home-cooked meals awaiting them amid a quiet Sierra meadow.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
June 21, 2011 | By Ashlie Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times
The hard-packed snow atop Franklin Creek in Sequoia National Park appeared safe, but when Marcia Rasmussen, 51, walked across, it collapsed, plunging her into an icy tunnel with frigid water. For three hours, in freezing temperatures, she clawed at the frozen ceiling, her bare hands going numb and her body giving out before passersby found her. FOR THE RECORD An article in the June 21 LATExtra about hiker Marcia Rasmussen identified Ed Patrovsky as a longtime friend of Rasmussen.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
November 2, 2009 | Associated Press
Authorities have found the body of a 73-year-old man who disappeared during a hike up Mt. Whitney. The National Park Service said the body of Wade Brunette of Hansville, Wash., was found a little after noon Saturday on the eastern slope of the 14,494-foot mountain by a team of search dogs. Crews began searching for Brunette on Tuesday after he failed to return from a hike to the summit of 14,494-foot Mt. Whitney, the tallest peak in the contiguous United States. Search efforts were complicated by extremely windy and cold conditions during the early part of the week.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 25, 2007 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A giant sequoia thought to be more than 2,900 years old has sprouted new shoots and branches in what park rangers are calling a landmark recovery for a tree predicted to die from rot and fire damage. The Washington tree, which measures more than 100 feet in circumference at its base, is touted as the world's second-largest living tree, eclipsed only by the neighboring Gen. Sherman tree.