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Section 6 of the Kings Canyon High Basin Route (KCHBR) begins at the Middle Fork King River near Simpson Meadow and ends at Road's End in Kings Canyon National Park - the route's northern terminus. From the Middle Fork, at the confluence with Goddard Creek, the route follows a trail southwest

Section 4 of the Kings Canyon High Basin Route (KCHBR) begins at the South Fork Kings River at the bottom of the Cartridge Pass Trail and ends at the Middle Fork King River in Le Conte Canyon (along the Pacific Crest Trail/John Muir Trail at the confluence of Palisade Creek and the Middle Fork King

Section 3 of the Kings Canyon High Basin Route (KCHBR) begins at Junction Meadow and ends at the South Fork Kings River at the bottom of the Cartridge Pass Trail. We found this section to be the slowest-going and most sketchy section of the route (although we did not hike Section 5). This

Section 2 of the Kings Canyon High Basin Route (KCHBR) begins at Colby Pass Trail in Cloud Canyon and crosses Talus Pass, Thunder Ridge Pass, and Longley Pass before dropping to Bubbs Creek and meeting up with the Pacific Crest Trail/John Muir Trail at Junction Meadow. Following the Colby Pass

Section 1 of the Kings Canyon High Basin Route (KCHBR) begins at Twin Lakes Trailhead at Lodgepole in Sequoia National Park and ends where the route intersects Colby Pass Trail in Cloud Canyon. After leaving Lodgepole via the Twin Lakes Trailhead (also known as the Silliman Pass South Trail), the