Sequoia beetle kill Trail of 100 Giants

Sequoia National Monument beetle kill on Trail of 100 Giants. Note the person on the paved trail for scale; lower right. The trees on the ground cut by chainsaws are more beetle kill, mostly sugar pine, cut to prevent tourist mortality from falling trees. Sequoia National Monument is the place to go if you want to actually touch the trees. It is just south of Sequoia National Park.