Storm Sweeps Away Iconic California Landmark at Calaveras Big Trees State Park

It had given wonderful memories to countless travelers who traversed through its middle, marveling at its sheer size. Sadly, California’s Pioneer Cabin tree has fallen.

The LA Times reports the Calaveras Big Trees State Park mainstay that once stood with a giant tunnel carved through its middle has succumbed to a passing storm, tumbling down and bringing 137 years of tradition with it.

Via Facebook, Calaveras Big Trees Association posted the following images that show the giant sequoia laying next to where it once stood triumphantly.

The post explains, offering a hat tip to the photographer as well: “The Pioneer Cabin tree has fallen! This iconic and still living tree - the tunnel tree - enchanted many visitors. The storm was just too much for it. Thank you, Jim Allday, for the word and the photos.”

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YouTube also chronicled the tree’s long history:

The numbers behind the enormous attraction are staggering.

While the tunnel through the sequoia has been in existence for a reported 137 years, the tree itself is about 1,000 years old.

Congratulations to those lucky individuals who were once able to stand in its majesty and ponder things like the age of the surrounding forest, how small we are as a species and, you know, how you make a giant hole in a very big tree.

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