Big trees on the pct

imported
#1

gettin’ excited about our upcoming hike!!!(only a few more days till we’ll be headin’ out!)…anyway…our minds are filled with all sorts of ‘imaginings’ of all the ‘wonders’ we’re gonna see out there!..the question we have relates to the giant sequoia trees…as we skirt the sequoia national forest and sequoia-kings canyon national park, will we get to see any of the largest trees? (i think i’ve read that the majority of them are located in the ‘giant forest’, which, i don’t know if the pct passes through)…just like to know if we might anticipate any of this ‘magic’?

maw-ee

#2

No Sequoias that I can recall. You can take a side trip to see them when you near Kennedy Meadows. They are beautiful. There are other varieties of old trees though. Huge oaks before Warner Springs. Ancient trees atop of Balden Powell (There the trees are estimated to be around 1500 years in age). There are so many more along the way. Just wait to you hit Glacier Park in Washington… Good luck and have a great hike. WB (PCT07)

Wilderness Bob

#3

No Sequoias that I can recall. You can take a side trip to see them when you near Kennedy Meadows. They are beautiful. There are other varieties of old trees though. Huge oaks before Warner Springs. Ancient trees atop of Balden Powell (There the trees are estimated to be around 1500 years in age). There are so many more along the way. Just wait to you hit Glacier Park in Washington… Good luck and have a great hike. WB (PCT07)

Wilderness Bob

#4

The Giant Sequoias are at lower elevation than where the PCT passes through Sequoia-Kings Canyon N.P. The PCT there stays pretty steadily above 10,000 feet, which is above treeline in the Sierras. You can take a side trip though, if you are so inclined. Also if you resupply in Lone Pine, Independence, Big Pine, or Bishop you could go up into the White Mountains and see the bristlecone pine, which are the oldest living things in the world. Some are over 4000 years old! Have fun out there!

Ducky

#5

The Mariposa Grove in Yosemite is quite impressive, but would take a bit of creative hitching to get there. Besides the incredible trees, this spot has quite a bit of historical significance - John Muir gave a tour of the grove to one of his heroes, Ralph Waldo Emerson. (his other hero being Thoreau)

Redwood N.P. is also quite impressive in NoCal. I know that at least one '05 hiker (Love Barge) hitched down there from Seiad Valley - just north of the Marbles near the OR border.

Happy Trails!

freebird

#6

Giant Park is in western Seqouoia and a big detour from the PCT. If one was up for a nice addition to the already spectacular section through the high sierra’s they could take the High Sierra trail via Wallace Creek about 8 miles north of Crab Tree Meadows. This would add several days but is all amazing scenery like every mile in the high sierra’s. Have an amazing hike no matter what route you take!

CanyonMan

#7

sounds like our ‘eyes’ won’t be ‘wanting’ for lovely trees to look at! (or any of the other pct wonders of nature!)…as i said before, ‘WE CAN’T WAIT!’

maw-ee

#8

What’s up buddy? You doing PCT again this year? Still letting bears roam around your house? Give me a call if you have Hydro Heidi’s cell number, or email richard93yj@yahoo.com:cheers

Guino

#9

Woods creek valley on the PCT in CA is loaded with sequoias and old growth-cedars. I also remember seeing a cedar up south of mt. Adams that had to be rediculously old.

Spigot

#10

There are NO Sequoias near the PCT. I’m guessing that Spigot may have seen Sierra Junipers and thought they were Sequoias…

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