Monday, July 5, 2010

Columns of the Giants (Tuolumne County, California)

Sonora Pass must be the most beautiful path across the Sierra Nevadas. Although steep and narrow, the landscape is amazing. After a short drive through this incredible landscape, I reach the trail head and can already see the columns in the distance.

I disembark, first crossing a beautiful and fast-moving mountain stream, and make my way a short distance to the piles of hexagonal boulders making up the remnants of collapsed columns. The near symmetry is amazing. The precision of nature’s hand to make such a thing leaves one in awe.


I snap a few photos and follow the trail back to my starting point. This has been an extremely short trail, but well worth the drive.

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