Winter, Dean 2004 Journal Granite Basin trail to Middle Paradise Valley, Kings Canyon National Park Fresno Co. CA June 6 I hiked down to Road's End and then started on my way to GO Lake Basin by way of Paradise Valley. I saw another mountain garter snake (Thamnophis elegans elegans) just below Mist Falls on the way to Paradise Valley. It was a juvenile and much smaller than the first one I saw in the Granite Basin. I camped in the Middle Paradise Valley. The weather was sunny and hotter than on previous days, probably in the upper 70s.