Trail Guy Blazes the Way to Mineral King

Before Trail Guy was Trail Guy, he was Road Guy in Sequoia National Park. One of his specialties was opening the Mineral King Road in the spring. 

This week someone from the Park asked if he’d help make the road passable for snow mobiles so people could get up there to do a snow survey. This is when they measure the depth of the snow and figure out the water content, some pretty helpful information.

He went again 2 days later because he wanted to check on the cabins, something they were unable to do on the first trip because there were so many downed trees to deal with.

I didn’t go along because while he is retired, I am not. I’ll just do my best to explain his photos, and if I get stuff wrong, he’ll correct me and I’ll fix it.

Sawtooth as it looked on the way in to Mineral King
This is our Cushman Trackster on the most dangerous stretch of road, “The Bluffs”
A cabin in Faculty Flat
Another cabin in Faculty Flat, buried in snow
This might be the second most photographed cabin because it is so picturesque, perched above Cold Springs Campground.
View from the top of Endurance Grade (also sometimes called Coral Hill)
The Honeymoon Cabin with Little Florence (also known as West Florence) in the distance, which is the left side of Farewell Gap.
Classic view of the Crowley Cabin with Farewell Gap in the distance.
Cabins?? Yep, little ones.
Cabin across the creek from us.
The cabin on the right in this photo was knocked off its pins by an avalanche a few years ago (Feels like 2, must be 5?)

Sawtooth in the afternoon

Trail Guy took many photos of cabins, and if I have people’s eddresses, I will send them. Didn’t want you all to get too chilly in the snow with 30 photos.

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10 Comments

  1. Love this peek at Mineral King area covered in snow. Beautiful!

    • Thank you, Cheryl! Definitely not Kansas, but it is a way we Californians can experience a taste of winter.

    • Jennifer, it is a drought-ending winter, Thank You LORD!!

  3. Wonderful photos. Thank you.

    • You’re welcome, Sally! Thank you for checking in.

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