# RIP Pioneer Cabin, Calaveras Big Trees State Park **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pioneer-cabin-calaveras-big-trees-state-park/776802 "2017-01-10T05:45:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pioneer-cabin-calaveras-big-trees-state-park/776802/1 "2017-01-10T05:45:17Z")
Damn, ☹ Hiking Calaveras Big Trees State Park and walking through this giant was the highlight of my 1991 trip to California. I hiked Yosemite too. Makes me sad that others won’t enjoy this wonderful tree. [https://www.google.com/amp/ktla.com/2017/01/09/iconic-tunnel-tree-in-northern-california-state-park-is-no-more-after-huge-storm/amp/?client=ms-android-motorola](https://www.google.com/amp/ktla.com/2017/01/09/iconic-tunnel-tree-in-northern-california-state-park-is-no-more-after-huge-storm/amp/?client=ms-android-motorola) Sf gate has a slideshow of other tree’s that feature a similar drive-thru or walk-thru experience. > **[Historic Pioneer Cabin Tree toppled in California storm](https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Historic-Pioneer-Cabin-Tree-toppled-in-California-10844206.php)** > > The historic Pioneer Cabin Tree, a former "drive-through" giant sequoia in Calaveras Big... ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pioneer-cabin-calaveras-big-trees-state-park/776802/2 "2017-01-10T17:28:13Z")
Existing [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=815844). ---
**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 10, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pioneer-cabin-calaveras-big-trees-state-park/776802/3 "2017-01-10T18:10:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > …Makes me sad that others won’t enjoy this wonderful tree… Well, we’ll be still be able to enjoy it, but in a horizontal rather than vertical orientation. 😃 I’m sure there are plans to put up some new interpretive signs up that talk about the fallen giant’s history and it’s role in the ecology of the forest floor. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pioneer-cabin-calaveras-big-trees-state-park/776802/4 "2017-01-10T20:38:49Z")
That’s true. It’ll take decades to turn to dust. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pioneer-cabin-calaveras-big-trees-state-park/776802/5 "2017-01-10T20:52:09Z")
Unless a furniture maker shows up with a chainsaw. 😃 That tree would make some gorgeous tables. Maybe even some musical instruments. It’s a shame they leave them out there to rot. But I know that’s what the park service does. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pioneer-cabin-calaveras-big-trees-state-park/776802/6 "2017-01-10T21:20:13Z")
The really sad part is that if no one had been around we could finally have answered that age old question…