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Grizzly Falls

Sequoia National Forest / Cedar Grove, California, USA

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Grizzly Falls is probably the most attractive waterfall on a typical self-tour into the Cedar Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park.

Even though this waterfall is technically not in Kings Canyon (it belongs to Sequoia National Forest), it’s close enough to make us associate it with the national park.

Grizzly_Falls_010_05272005 - Grizzly Falls in high flow in the Spring
Grizzly Falls in high flow in the Spring

In any case, it drops rather dramatically some 75ft in close proximity to the Cedar Grove road.

We’ve seen this waterfall in differing states over the multiple times we’ve visited this waterfall so we can appreciate how much timing can affect the experience.

For example, when we showed up during the Spring of 2005 (a heavy snowpack year), the falls was blasting spray so hard that it was very difficult to even stand in front of the falls for a clean look at it without trees blocking the way.

Thus, photography under such conditions was quite a challenge.

Grizzly_Falls_004_08282004 - Looking up at Grizzly Falls in low flow in the Summer
Looking up at Grizzly Falls in low flow in the Summer

During the late Summer of 2004, the falls narrowed into a thin, singular drop exposing much of the bare rock wall that would normally support Grizzly Creek.

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Is he naked? (Grizzly Falls) May 16, 2015 6:27 pm by Katherine Strassburg - More than thirty years ago my in-laws from Michigan visited us when we lived in Dinuba. We spent one day touring Kings Canyon and stopped for a picnic at Grizzly Falls...one of our favorite places. We noticed three or four young men at the top of the falls waving to passers-by, so we waved back.… ...Read More
S.B. September 25, 2010 1:26 am by Scott Balko - I slipped and fell from Grizzly Falls 34 years ago. I have been a quadriplegic since. Please, use caution when visiting. Don't do something stupid. ...Read More

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