Treks
Through Time
Sailor Meadow Old Forest Hike
with Russell Towle
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Treks
Through Time |
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In Sailor Canyon, a tributary to the North
American, deep soils formed upon glacial moraines and weak volcanic ash support a magical
and wonderful stand of huge trees, on a plateau roughly a mile long and half a mile wide.
A secret trail descends feet from the Soda Springs-Foresthill road east of Robinson Flat,
where an even more secret trail can be followed down to the meadow. Sugar Pines and
Ponderosa Pines six feet in diameter are common. An Indian grinding rock is at the meadow.
Bear trails are everywhere. We will obtain some views of the great North Fork American
slate yosemite. This is one of the most prime and primeval stands of old-growth timber left in Tahoe National Forest Russell Towle is
a historian, geologist, and geometer who has hiked and skied the wilds of Placer and
Nevada counties since 1971. He resides near Dutch Flat. |
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