Sgt. Randally

I am writing about Sgt. Randally, at 200 feet and 2000 years old, it was once the tallest Alaskan Yellow Cedar (Cypress). I say once because it blew down in 2004. We made the mistake of driving the 35 kilometers on an active logging road to see this tree. The road is very narrow and windy and knowing that a fully loaded logging truck can be coming around the corner makes this drive a very white knuckle experience. Then when you get to the trail head (45 minutes later), 90% of the trail is under dead falls. Actually, so is the last 1 kilometer of the road, so you will have to park your vehicle. The 500 meter trail takes about 30 minutes to get through due to all the dead falls. Then when you get to the end of the trail, old Sarge is laying on his back anyway. Getting out is another white knuckle experience because you are driving towards empty logging trucks that are just flying on these roads. Do yourself a favour and head to Cathedral grove, it may be busy there but the trees are just as big and a lot easier to get to. Sgt. Randally is just not worth the effort.

Directions:

I am not posting any directions so that you cannot make the mistake of going to this place. It is approximately 21 miles south of Sayward.