Yosemite Valley Lodge and the Ahwahnee hotel will open on Feb.

Oct 04, On Friday, two giant sequoia trees fell over side by side, blocking a portion of the short, but popular, Trail of the Giants in the southern Sierra-Nevada Mountains.

No one was hurt, but a visitor happened to capture the last few seconds of the fall on video (two more videos below shows the above video in a vertical frame/slow motion and the tree right after it hit the ground).Estimated Reading Time: 1 min. Jan 10, An iconic living tree with a tunnel so big that visitors could once drive through it toppled on Sunday during a winter storm.

The sequoia, nicknamed the Pioneer Cabin, was located in. Jan 10, These changes in the climate, which we have been experiencing over the past few years, have shown us that the giant sequoia are still growing strong.

These trees continue to sequester carbon out of our atmosphere as they put on new wood every year. And even felled, the Pioneer Cabin Tree will continue to store that carbon in its wood for hundreds of years, keeping it out of our atmosphere. Reviews: 2.