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162 Mitchell Peak that culminates in views of the Kings River Canyon, Monarch Divide, Sierra Crest, and Great Western Divide. In the even- ing, the chef prepares a gourmet alfresco dinner, and guests retire to luxury tents furnished with plush beds and fine linens and lit with gas lights. A generator a half-mile away provides power to the camp's main lodge room while preserv- ing the rustic feel, and a shared central bathhouse has flush toilets and hot and cold running water for showers. "Most of our customers are fairly well-heeled people who appreciate the opportunity to get into the wilderness without having to carry all of their equipment," Hughes says. "There's no remote luxury camping facility like us any- where in the world." SEQUOIA HIGH SIERRA CAMP 65745 Big Meadow Rd., Giant Sequoia National Monument, CA, 866-654- 2877, sequoiahighsierracamp.com can find it at Sequoia High Sierra Camp, located in the heart of Se- quoia National Park in California. "This is a rustic luxury outpost," says Burr Hughes, Sequoia High Sierra Camp's managing member. To access the camp, guests must hike a mile into the woods, after parking their cars at the Marvin Pass Trailhead parking lot. Once they arrive at the camp, they'll find a place that's at once remote and luxurious. "We're completely off the grid. We're surrounded by two million acres of roadless wilder- ness," Hughes says. The camp is at an altitude of 8,282 feet and over- looks five groves of giant Sequoia trees. A communal dining pavilion allows guests to meet and mingle, and they often trade stories about their adventures, Hughes says. After a buffet breakfast, guests can pack their own picnic lunch with fixings provided by the chef and head out to explore a variety of trails, including the stunning To access the Sequoia High Sierra Camp, guests hike a mile into the woods. Left, top and middle, Dinners are served alfresco. Bottom, Guests relax around a traditional campfire. photographs courtesy of Sequoia High Sierra Camp