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.