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California Tunnel

The Last Living Giant Sequoia Tunnel Tree

Giant Sequoia in Mariposa Grove on Calif Tunnel Tree to Outer Loop Trail in Yosemite NP, Sierra Nevada near Fish Camp, CA

Cut in 1895 to allow coaches to pass through it (and as a marketing scheme to attract visitors to the grove), this is the only living giant sequoia tree with a tunnel in it since the fall of the Wawona Tunnel Tree in 1969 and the fall of the Pioneer Cabin Tree in 2017. The tree reflects a time when cutting through living giant sequoia trees was an acceptable practice.

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Sierra Nevada Forests

Southern Sierra Mid-Montane Forests