Access to some of the most popular destinations in Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks will be delayed this spring, and in the case of Kings Canyon won't be possible this year, as crews continue to clean up and repair damage caused by winter's numerous storms.
The pivot from being blasted by snow and pelted by rainstorms is speeding straight to the next challenge a powerful melt that can engorge waterways and send torrential flows down wildfire-scarred mountainsides that are just out of the driest three years on record.