Sequoia National Park California

This post and the next 8 posts have pictures from our trip to Yosemite and Sequoia national Parks In California in September 2014.

Moro Rock from Hospital on the Road up to the Sequoia National Park from Visalia California.

A controlled burn in the forest in the entrance to the Sequoia grove.

Root System of one of the fallen Sequoia.

Wild flowers on the forest floor near Crescent Meadow at 6,500 feet

Crescent Meadow

Jen enjoying the shade

Tom lost in the woods.

Jen checking out a Sequoia

Tom inside the stump of a large Sequoia. Notice the burnt wood. The Sequoias like forest fires so the rangers set controlled burns every so often.

Chipmonk view of the Sequoias.

Momma bear and two cubs playing around in Crescent Meadow.

Moro Rock in the Sierras at Sequoia National park. Elevation 6725 feet at the top. 

Too hot to climb those little steps. Brian and Susie climbed it on an earlier visit. A little scary since it is a 1000 feet vertical drop on the other side.

General Sherman Sequoia. The largest living tree in the world. the trunk is 103 feet around at the bottom.

Another view of General Sherman from the ground up.

Jen and Tom on the porch of Montecito-Sequoia Lodge with  Kings canyon in the background.

Closest Tom got to a bear at Montecito.

Yosemite Trip September 2014 Tuolumne meadow

The Tuolumne River entering the meadow.

The Tuolumne Meadow with the river flowing towards the Tuolumne Fall. The meadow is at 8,600 feet.

Susie and Brian by the river in Tuolumne Meadow.

Jen Walking on water at Tuolumne Meadow.

Yosemite Trip September 2014- Tioga Road and Tenaya Lake

The View towards Half Dome  from Olmsted Point on the Tioga road

Half Dome Zoomed from Olmsted Point. Climbers on the curve going up the Via Ferrata. Very hard to see without binoculars. Olmsted point is at an elevation of 8,300 feet. the top of Half Dome is 8,800.

 

Tenaya Lake beside the Tioga road on the way to Tuolumne meadows is an Alpine lake at 8,100 feet. 

Jen at Tenaya lake

Brian and Susie examining the lake.

Yosemite Trip September 2014- Tunnel View & Glacier point

Classic Tunnel View

Stephanie and Greg at Tunnel View

Tom and Jen at Tunnel View

The Glacier Point Rock.     Scene of many follies.

Looking down to the valley floor 3200 feet below Glacier Point

View of the Half Dome and Sierras from Glacier Point with Vernal and Nevada Falls on the right .

Tom feeling the heat.

Half Dome and the Yosemite valley below with Royal Arches to the left

Zoomed in on Half Dome. Climbers can be seen on the top and right side. They look just like dots on the surface. Half Dome is 8,800 feet high and stands 4,700 feet above the valley floor.

Zoomed in shot of Nevada and vernal falls.

Yosemite Trip September 2014 - Climbing the Mist Trail to the Vernal Fall

Jen and Tom at the start of the trail on the bridge over the Merced River

Horses and riders starting off for the Mist trail.

Jen on the trail half way up to the fall

Looking back down the trail on a flat piece.

View of the Merced River valley part way up the trail

At the bridge over the river at the base of the Vernal fall

Looking down the river into the valley from the bridge

Yosemite Trip September 2014-- Yosemite Valley Floor

Yosemite valley looking towards Inspiration Point

Bridal Veil  Fall from the valley floor (zoomed)

Cathedral peak

Merced River looking back to Valley entrance

Merced River from the south bank looking at El Capitan

The grounds of the Ahwahnee  hotel

Sentinel Peak from the North bank of the Merced River

Yosemite Trip September 2014 --Yosemite Falls

Upper and lower Yosemite falls from the trailhead.

Jen at thebase of the lower fall

Tom on the bridge below the lower fall

The lower fall from the rocks at the base

View of the valley from the base

Jen checking out a glacial boulder