Sequioas in the snow

[Gerald_Beranek]

The Sequoias are surreal trees to begin with and when you add snow to the landscape they look even more surreal.

 

[chris_girard]

Wow Jer, those are fantastic! When were they taken?

You're right, they do look surreal.

 

[Gerald_Beranek]

This group of pictures were taken last week, Chris.

 

[SirTreeRat]

Wow, very cool and beautiful, thanks for showing them "Mr. California Tree Rat"
I sure would love to visit that side of the States to view them live.

 

[KBacks1]

Re: Sequoias in the snow

AWESOME!
In the near future I'd like to come out to the west coast to take a look.
Great pics, all though I'm sure that pictures can't compare to seeing the SEQUOIAS in person.

 

[mdvaden]

Re: Sequoias in the snow

Great looking pics.

The moment I saw the post title, I was certain it must be you even before I read your name.

Is there one up there that you would say is a favorite of yours? Whether named or not.

 

[Gerald_Beranek]

Re: Sequoias in the snow

Oh yeah, Mario, there's a lot that strike my fancy. The bigger ones to be sure.

Terri and I made it into the south grove of Calavaras Big Trees too. Just by a matter of hours of the park opening the road. The snow has been heavy this year.

The south grove hike, if you take the whole loop is about 5 miles total. There's a sign saying the trail ends at the Agassiz Tree, but there's a lot more trees far beyond that.

That part of the grove is National Forest. There's some of the finest Sugar Pine in Calavaras Big Trees that I have ever seen. Specimens averaging 5 foot and larger individuals reaching 7 and 8.

Calavaras doesn't get the notoriety that the other groves achieve, but it's no less than the rest. By it, the grove is a lot less visited. Terri and I seen only 2 other hikers in a ten hour period.

I'll post some pics of the south grove later.

 

[tnttree]

Re: Sequoias in the snow

beautiful shots,

About 2 days after we left you in Fort Bragg we drove through Sequoia NP, about 6' of snow by General Sherman(April 16th?), all the side spur rodes were still closed. Absolutely gorgeous orange and greens aganst the white snow. Tom in a goose pen in a twin in the big tree loop by the Visitor Center. ??Photobucket keeps flipping my pics Damm

We had such an awesome time out there.

 

[Gerald_Beranek]

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Ah, that's the tree in the prairie. The snow was nice and firm to walk on in the mornings, but in the afternoon we were sinking through up to our knees in it.

You really covered a lot of territory in your 2 week trip. Even more than Terri and I did in the same amount of time.

 

[tnttree]

Re: Sequoias in the snow

I'm kinda a Nut that way 1500 miles, Seen some beautiful trees, beaches & Mtns. Thank you for your help!
once again I crammed to much country in to short of time. No regrets, just want to go back again.

 

[Gerald_Beranek]

Re: Sequoias in the snow

I've been hiking the trails through the big trees all my life and still there are more than I will ever chance to see.

 

[treestyler]

Re: Sequoias in the snow

Great pictures, there are a few bigger sequioa's standing over here but they are nothing compared to the ones in te USA.

I've seen them in New Zealand and in Seattle region but never got the opportunity to go to the sequioa national forest. But it will be the number one on my things to do list.

Thanks for sharing this Gerald.

grtz wouter

 

[mdvaden]

Redwood Growth

Managed to get down to the redwoods for a couple of days.

A spontaneous visit, working around the rain and sun mix the next few days.

All those nice pics you posted got the itch to itching more.