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Jean looking at the sequoias
We'd done the Congress Trail before, but it obviously looks much different
in winter. Besides the obvious snow, it was much less crowded. In fact, we were the first ones
on the trail today, as evidenced by our fresh tracks in the snow. We only saw one other person
on the trail, outside of the General Sherman area.
Jean crossing the bridge below two towering sequoias
After viewing General Sherman we continued on the Congress Trail proper. There were faint
signs of cross-country skiers and snowshoers from previous days. But other than that it was
very peaceful. It snowed lightly at times, but snow is much preferable to rain.
Jean below some towering sequoias
Notice the burn marks on the sequoia trunks
The first part of the trail was somewhat packed down. However, as we got further away from
the trailhead, there were large portions of the trail where we had to post-hole, sinking in
the snow to blaze the trail. It's tough work, but the trail is relatively short.
Senate Group
Two sequoias standing tall
The section of trail between the Senate Group set of sequoias and the Congress Trail cut-off
(about 0.4 miles from the trailhead) was completely snowed over. In fact we had missed
this section of trail on our way in because none had been on it recently. We took it on the
way back.
One big sequoia
Return to 2001 Winter Sequoia Trip.
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