In one California national park, an awe-inspiring hike through redwood forest is limited to just 50 visitors per day. Here's why the trek is so exclusive.
The 3.5-mile hike travels through the redwoods with mixed evergreens en route to the magnificent Ancient Redwood, with moderate elevation gain and some uneven rocky areas. The “Gentler Version ...
“You start out in a second-growth redwood forest and quickly transition into riparian corridors, crossing over different creeks, sections of oak woodland and California grasslands. So you really ...
In a high-elevation forest on Jingmai Mountain, dawn broke over a green peak, bathing an ancient tea tree in warm light. A four-foot-wide trunk along with enormous branches, stretching up into a ...
The new trail system, which is 4 miles long and opened in late October, features oak forests, grassland meadows, fern-lined creeks and, of course, towering redwoods. The preserve is operated by ...
However, human intervention has put great pressure on the ancient, primordial beech forests, of which only a few vestiges remain. Beech is the most important tree species in Central Europe and is ...