The high winds and oversaturated soil are responsible for the fallen trees.
Dec 27, A foot Redwood tree, with a 4-foot trunk diameter, fell onto a trail in Muir Woods where people were hiking on Christmas Eve. The tree killed Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Oct 08, The large live trees of an old-growth forest not only stand testimony to the amount of time required to develop into old-growth but also largely determine the structure of the forest. The large trees in Muir Woods are the coastal redwoods, the tallest of all living things, and some scattered Douglas firs.
The tallest coastal redwood at Muir Woods is about feet, approximately the height of a six-foot.
Dec 26, MARIN COUNTY (KRON) - Three visitors were walking on the Hillside Trail at Muir Woods Tuesday afternoon when a tree fell, without warning, directly on them.
Dec 27, Muir Woods National Monument is part of the Golden Gate National Recreational Area, which was the most popular National Park Service site last Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Mar 05, Between 10 and 12 trees, including six redwoods, have fallen in the past two months at Muir Woods National Monument. That's compared to about one tree falling Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins.
Without warning, a tree fell on Hillside Trail, where three people were walking.
Dec 26, A huge redwood tree fell and killed a man visiting Muir Woods National Monument Park in California on Christmas Eve, authorities said Thursday. Subhradeep Dutta, Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Dec 26, A year-old Minnesota man killed by a falling tree Tuesday in the Muir Woods National Monument has been identified as Subhradeep Dutta, according to Estimated Reading Time: 50 secs.
May 25, Trails: Choose Your Own Adventure-Muir Woods National Monument contains 6 miles of trails. There is a 1/2 hour loop, a 1 hour loop, and a 1 1/2 hour loop as well as longer hikes on trails that extend into surrounding Mount Tamalpais State Park. View a map of Muir Woods and its vicinity. All of these walks afford views of old-growth coast.