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Paradise Ridge Trail

Trail on Atwell Creek, Cliff Creek, Deadwood Creek in Sequoia NP, Sierra Nevada near Silver City, CA

The trail immediately begins a moderately steep climb and soon enters the first of three stretches of sequoia forest. The lower grove has recently experienced a severe forest fire and is rather unattractive, with a lot of dead trees, many of them now broken off at mid-trunk. Within this rather dismal dead forest are scattered some sequoias, which have mostly survived and are in good condition.

The trail crosses an open, boulder-studded meadow several times over the next few miles. The long, narrow shape of the meadow suggests that it was created by an avalanche, but dead trees within the meadow suggest a forest fire.

The first really scenic stretch of sequoias begins one mile into the hike, as the trail enters a very open and completely groundcover-free section of the grove. Patches of ferns appear as the trail winds around a wide, shallow gully. The most magnificent sequoias appear near the end of this section of old growth; due to the openness of the forest you can get a really good look at the trees, even if they’re some distance from the trail.

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