SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. June 1, 2022- Southern California Edison (SCE) will be performing critical repairs to its infrastructure in Sequoia National Park from June 1 through June 16, 2022. SCE crews and contractors will be working daily from approximately 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.-including weekends-anywhere between the entrance to Sequoia National Park and the Giant Forest.
Due to steep terrain and the remote location of this infrastructure, most of the work will be supported by helicopter, which will be staged primarily out of a parking lot across the Generals Highway from Potwisha Campground. Between June 1 and June 12, helicopter flights, and associated short road closures along the Generals Highway, will occur primarily in the early mornings and late evenings, and parking in the Potwisha Overflow Parking Lot will be limited.
Between June 13 and June 16, helicopter flights will occur throughout the day, as early as 7 a.m. and as late as 6 p.m., and the Potwisha Overflow Parking Lot will be closed to the public. Visitors to these areas within Sequoia National Park are likely to experience short-term road closures and see and hear helicopters throughout project implementation.
These critical repairs are being completed largely in response to fire damage incurred from the KNP Complex Fire that burned over 80,000 acres within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in fall 2021.
If you have any specific questions regarding these emergency repairs, please contact Elly Boerke, Environmental Protection Specialist with Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, at (559) 579-0046 or SCE at (626) 238-3791.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
