Adventure: 008, Hike 110 –
Crescent Meadow, Giant Forest
Team: Thing One, Thing Two
Date: September 12, 2012
Location: Giant Forest, Sequoia
National Park
Hike Info:
Trail: Crescent Meadow Trail
Distance: 1.4 miles
Duration: 2:00 hours (we took some
detours)
Elevation Rise: 324'
We hiked a series of trails in the Giant Forest Area. This area lies in the Sequoia National Park. It was named the Giant Forest because of the large number of Sequoia Gigantea groves in the area. These gentle trees are the largest oldest living organism on earth. The groves of these Sequoias are few on earth and Giant Forest has these trees in abundance. The Grove at Giant Forest occupies an area of 3 square miles. There are over 40 miles of hiking area within the area, and we did a quarter of them today, spread over several trails.
With in the Giant Forest area, Crescent Meadow is the trail the
most people would start with. In the Spring and Summer the meadow
would have lots of wildflowers. The trail is level and you get to
see the Sequoia Gigantea Trees. As we looked across the meadow we saw
the familiar crown of the Sequoia Gigantea. Before we started on the
trail we had met a first
year ranger that we had a conversation earlier in the summer when
we had hiked another trail. We met a couple coming down the trail as
we went in that were admiring our Thing One Thing Two’s shirts. Of
course that gives us another opportunity to tell them about Capture
California. They were from England and were enjoying the hike
through Crescent Meadows. The meadow is fabulous. The trees are
great. It is also a good place to watch birds. This was a very good
start to our day.
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