Sequoia NP: Moro Rock Trail - Sugar Pine Trail - Trail of the Sequioas - Congress Trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 13.04 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,663 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,663 ft
- Max elevation
- 7,282 ft
- TrailRank
- 61
- Min elevation
- 6,433 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 4 hours 51 minutes
- Time
- 6 hours 52 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3545
- Uploaded
- August 14, 2023
- Recorded
- August 2023
near Pinewood, California (United States)
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It is a Track where we link different Sequioa NP Trails to avoid having to use a car in the park and avoid crowds.
We left the car in the Giant Forest Museum Parking, although it is true that this first section of the track was affected by the fire on August 22 and is close to the road, it has a nice prize when reaching Moro Rock, which was a pleasant Surprise to me though as it has a car park right there if you run into crowds again.
However, from here another trail begins and you will meet few people until you reach the end of the track.
In our case, we were following a track that reported (in 2015) having seen 4 bears that same day, since we started the Sugar Pine Trail, once separated from the road and from the rest of the people and having left behind the part most affected by the fire if we thought that at any moment we would see one, and although it was a pity not to see them because we had created a need for ourselves, the picture gave rise to its appearance and the hope of finding it kept us alert and enjoying the landscape all day . On the Sugar Pine Trail we enjoy a stop in a very nice corner when you pass near the river.
When you finally get close to another parking lot, the Trail of The Sequioas begins, where you will glimpse countless sequoias that are larger than up to now, as well as different meadows that a park ranger explained to us how necessary they were for the sequoias and as they were working them without machinery to recover them after the last floods.
At the end of this trail we will find the End of the Congress Trail, which is the most famous Trail in the park because it contains the largest Giant Sequoias in the entire park, however, although it is a short walk, most people only visit to Gral Sherman, so you will enjoy huge specimens (The Chief, The President, El Senado,...) without too many people and several fallen ones that are also worth seeing.
Finally we accessed the Gral Sherman, after which, although our idea was to return to the Giant Forest Museum by bus (shuttle) on August 23 they were not active so we did it walking along the road.
Nice trail to enjoy the Park with few people and visiting the main points of the park, as well as an infinity of Sequoias.
We left the car in the Giant Forest Museum Parking, although it is true that this first section of the track was affected by the fire on August 22 and is close to the road, it has a nice prize when reaching Moro Rock, which was a pleasant Surprise to me though as it has a car park right there if you run into crowds again.
However, from here another trail begins and you will meet few people until you reach the end of the track.
In our case, we were following a track that reported (in 2015) having seen 4 bears that same day, since we started the Sugar Pine Trail, once separated from the road and from the rest of the people and having left behind the part most affected by the fire if we thought that at any moment we would see one, and although it was a pity not to see them because we had created a need for ourselves, the picture gave rise to its appearance and the hope of finding it kept us alert and enjoying the landscape all day . On the Sugar Pine Trail we enjoy a stop in a very nice corner when you pass near the river.
When you finally get close to another parking lot, the Trail of The Sequioas begins, where you will glimpse countless sequoias that are larger than up to now, as well as different meadows that a park ranger explained to us how necessary they were for the sequoias and as they were working them without machinery to recover them after the last floods.
At the end of this trail we will find the End of the Congress Trail, which is the most famous Trail in the park because it contains the largest Giant Sequoias in the entire park, however, although it is a short walk, most people only visit to Gral Sherman, so you will enjoy huge specimens (The Chief, The President, El Senado,...) without too many people and several fallen ones that are also worth seeing.
Finally we accessed the Gral Sherman, after which, although our idea was to return to the Giant Forest Museum by bus (shuttle) on August 23 they were not active so we did it walking along the road.
Nice trail to enjoy the Park with few people and visiting the main points of the park, as well as an infinity of Sequoias.
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Flora
6,444 ft
Summit
River
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