# Are there any options for seeing sequoias in winter without chains? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 22, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-options-for-seeing-sequoias-in-winter-without-chains/648048 "2013-01-22T22:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-options-for-seeing-sequoias-in-winter-without-chains/648048/21 "2013-01-23T18:02:19Z")
Since we’re kind of on the subject, I’d really love to see a Sequoia version of the “Treetop Walks” like they have in the Karri Forests in Australia (and other places). I doubt they’d ever become a reality in the US because of the protected status of the trees. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-options-for-seeing-sequoias-in-winter-without-chains/648048/22 "2013-01-23T18:30:35Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > Muir Woods is twelve miles from San Francisco. You might have trouble getting there, but that’s because of the crush of San Franciscans who go there on the weekends to Experience Nature and Natural Beauty, albeit on paved walkways and boardwalks. There will be no snow. I doubt if there’s been more than one inch of snow there in the last fifteen years. There will be coastal redwoods, which are the tallest trees on earth. They are technically the only sequoias. The giants in Yosemite are technically sequoiadendrons, not sequoias, which is a difference that could matter only to an arborist. If you’ve got a car, you’ll be just fine. Plus, you’ll get to drive over the Golden Gate Bridge if you’re coming from SF. Big Basin, while still heavily visited, may be a better choice for redwood viewing, and is still pretty close to SF. A breakdown on old growth redwood hiking: [http://www.redwoodhikes.com/](http://www.redwoodhikes.com/) As noted here, the giant sequoias are the world’s largest trees, in terms of volume, but the world’s tallest are coast redwood. The Santa Cruz Mountains in the Bay Area, where you’ll find them, may get a dusting of snow during winter storms, and may get a LOT of rain at those times, but chains won’t be an issue. Driving twisty, steep, narrow roads will. Just be careful. ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-options-for-seeing-sequoias-in-winter-without-chains/648048/23 "2013-01-23T23:20:06Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > IIRC, Sequoia Dendrogigantia only grows between 6000 and 8000 feet above sea level. Last summer we did a motorcycle ride in Michigan and a park we stopped at near Manistee had a few Giant Sequoias in it. According to this page the largest was planted in 1949 and is in the 90’ range. > **[Michigan giant sequoia | Giant Sequoia Nursery](https://www.giant-sequoia.com/gallery/michigan/)** ---
**Author:** ![Anise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anise/32/21721_2.png) [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-options-for-seeing-sequoias-in-winter-without-chains/648048/24 "2013-01-24T00:42:32Z")
We aren’t going anywhere near SF, so I think we’re most likely to take the van tour option of Sequoia. And I think I can get my sister and her SO interested in the pizza idea! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-options-for-seeing-sequoias-in-winter-without-chains/648048.md?page=1)