Trinity Alps, "Crazy Creek" tree, Giant Ponderosa Pine

[TheLawDawg]

Back when I worked for the Forest Service in the mid 90's I came across a shattered old Ponderosa on Southfork Mountain, north of Ruth Lake that had a basal diameter of at about twice that shown here, nearby were others of similarly impressive girth. Unfortunately they had all lost their tops and were now only twenty or thirty feet tall, but must have been collosal at one time.

[HippyDanimal]

I was up that way several weeks before you filmed this. Just standng next to the tree I knew it was a "record". And right next to the trail.