Adventure: 008, Hike
114 - Trail of Sequoias
Team: Thing One,
Thing Two
Date: September 12, 2012
Location: Giant
Forest, Sequoia National Park
Hike Info:
Trail: Trail of the
Sequoias
Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 2:11
Elevation Rise: 680'
Description:
We hiked several trails in the Giant Forest Area. “The Giant Forest forms the heart of Sequoia National Park - here are found the largest trees on Earth, including General Sherman, which holds the world record for the most massive living thing. An area of just 3 square miles contains dozens of magnificent groves of sequoias, most of them easily accessible next to the main road. An extensive network of trails provide access to many peaceful places amongst the trees, and to other scenic features like meadows, streams, fallen logs, granite domes and mountain viewpoints.” 1
We started on Trail of the Sequoias after being on the High Sierra Trail and ended this trail when we came to the Congress Trail. The Trail of the Sequoias is correctly named. There was one Sequoia after another being all ages, heights, and widths. They were standing, leaning, and laying flat on the ground. We came to one Sequoia that had fallen across the trail. Thing One decided to go over the huge fallen Sequoia. It was bigger than either Thing One or Thing Two realized. We had to abandon that idea and walk up the steep side of the mountain to get around it to continue down the trail. The giant trees were magnificent. The trees at the beginning were younger and smaller than those closer to The Congress Trail. The trees were getting larger and larger so we were wondering how large the tress would be. We were not disappointed. We only saw four other mammals on this trail. There were two individuals from Altadena and a mother bear and her cub from the forest. This trail was one drop dead gorgeous tree after another. Thing One and Thing Two plan on doing this trail again.
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