ʻO ka hōʻeuʻeu ma Reds Meadow ma Kaleponiʻo ia ka mea iʻike nui ma waho. Ināʻoe e hele ana i ka mokuʻo Golden State,ʻo ka Reds Meadow Valley kahi hopena nui loa e hele ai i Kaleponi a aia ma ka Eastern Sierra Nevada, aia ma ke komohana o ke kahawaiʻo Mammoth.
Ke hele nei ma luna o Minaret Vista i ke awāwaʻo Reds Meadow,ʻo kaʻike o nā Minarets, ka Ritter Range, a me ke kahawaiʻo San Joaquin. Hoʻopiliʻia ke awāwa me nā pōhaku nui, nā lāʻau pine, a me nā puahele hihiu, a ua piha i ka moʻolelo, ka honua, a me ka wai maloʻo.
ʻO Reds Meadow Campground ka nui a kaulana loa, akāʻeono mau wahi hoʻomoana ma ka wahi me nā wahi punahele e kokoke kokoke ana i ka muliwai, a kokoke i Devils Postpile National Monument. He kū hoʻokahi kahi hoʻonohonoho kūikawā a he kokoke loa i ka waena o ka mokuʻo San Joaquin. ʻO kahi awāwa he wahi kaulana loa no ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i waho,ʻo ia hoʻi, ka heleʻana, ke kikaʻiʻana, a me ka lawaiʻa. He mau mea koʻikoʻiʻo Postpile a me Rainbow Falls.
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Māhele History
© NPS I ka makahiki 1800, ua holo nā huakaʻi hele i ka'āina ma ka alanui French, he ala mai Fresno a hiki i kahi o Mammoth. Nohoʻo Red Sotcher ma kahi, nā mea mahiʻai mahiʻai a kūʻai aku i nā mea minimina. ʻOiaiʻo ka poʻe i hele mai mai kahi lōʻihi a mai kahi'ē mai iaʻu i ke gula a me ke kālā,ʻo Sotcher ka mea i hoʻopōmaikaʻi. Ua kapa inoaʻiaʻo Reds Meadow a me Sotcher i kona inoa hanohano.
Hoʻokumuʻia ka Devils Postpile National Monument i ka makahiki 1911 e hoʻomalu iā Devils Postpile a me Rainbow Falls. ʻO ke kākoʻo no ka hoʻomanaʻo he mau palapala i ka Pelekikena Taft mai ka Sierra Club a i kākauʻia e John Muir.
Ma hope mai, i ka makahiki 1972, ua hoʻomohalaʻia kahi papahana alanui e hoʻohui i'Oakhurst i Mammoth, ma o nā wahiʻo Reds Meadow ma hope o ka French Trail, akā ua paniʻia i ka hikiʻana maiʻo Kaleponi Kalepena,ʻo Ronald Regan me 100 mau kālai'āina a he holo lio holoʻokoʻa i Summit ʻAla. ʻO ka hopena, ua kapaʻia ka wahi e pili ana iā Reds Meadow a me ka Middle Fork San Joaquin i ka wao nahele.
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Kahi e noho ai ma ke awāwaʻo Reds Meadow
© Monika Prelle Aia ke kahua hoʻomoanaʻo Reds Meadow ma ka hopena o ke awāwa aʻo ia ka mea nui loa no kona mau kauwela hōʻoluʻolu. Loaʻa nā ua i nā poʻe hoʻomoana a pau ma ke awāwa i kahi mua e hele mua i ke kumuhana. Ua pili loa ke kahua hoʻomoanaʻo Red i Sotcher Lake,ʻo Reds Meadow Resort a me ka pilina o Rainbow Falls. ʻO nā wahi i kaulana nui ke kaʻina mua ma kahi o ka māla, akā he mau wahi hoʻomoana 43-45 ma ke komohana hope loa.
Aia ke kahua hoʻomoana ma Pumice Flat ma kahakai, ma ka muliwaiʻo San Joaquin, a ma kahi'āpana maikaʻi no ka lawaiʻa me nā māla a me nā loko e kokoke ana. ʻO kahi liʻiliʻi loa ia o nā kahua hoʻomoana, me 16 mau kauhale. ʻO Pumice Flat kekahi papa hoʻonohonoho pūʻulu ma kahi o ke ala e kaulana i nāʻoihana lawaiʻa.
ʻO ke kahua hoʻomoanaʻo Upper Soda Springs he kahakai no ia a he lā kaulana kaulana o ka lā hoʻomoana no nā holokai a me nā lawaiʻa. Kūleʻa kekahi alahaka i ka muliwaiʻo San Joaquin ma ke kūkulu'ākau o ke kahua hoʻomoana e alakaʻi aku ai i ke alahele kahawai no ka holoʻana a me ka loaʻaʻana o ka muliwai.
Hiki ke kani o nā wai hāpai i nā mea hoʻomoana i Minaret Falls Campground. Ma kahi kokoke i ke kahua hoʻomoana, ua holoʻo Minaret Creek i nā pōhaku pōhaku a hiki i ka muliwaiʻo San Joaquin, me ka hanaʻana i ka wailele kaulana. He 26 mau kahua hoʻomoana i kēia kahua hoʻomoana, akā ua kaulana nā wahi a hoʻopaʻa i ka wikiwiki.
Hikiʻia ma Devils Postpile National Monument, kahi kokoke i kahi pūnaewele i ka muliwaiʻo San Joaquin, ka Devils Postpile Campground. ʻO nā papa hana pāʻali basalt ma Devils Postpile he wahi kūlana kaulana ia no kaʻikeʻana ma kahi o nā wahiʻo Mammoth Lakes a me kahi kipa nui i manaʻoʻia. ʻO ke alahaka e hele i ke kahawai ma ka hema o ke kahua kūkini a ma mua o ke kahawai, e māmā ai i ke komoʻana i nā lawaiʻa a me nā hele wāwae.
ʻO ka pā kulaʻo Agnew Meadows ke kahua hoʻomoana mua loa i ke ihoʻana i loko o ke awāwa. ʻO nā lau a me nā mea hihiu he mea koʻikoʻi i nā malama kauwela. Kūkuluʻo Reds Meadow i kahi hale kiʻi mai Agnew Meadows. Aia kokoke kahi alahele kokoke i kahi kahua hoʻomoana me nā koho alanui. Hiki i nā hui hale a me nā hōʻailona lio i Agnew Meadows.
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Nā Kūlana hoʻomaha a me ka hoʻolālāʻana
Kūkulu i ka lawaiʻa Postpile Ke hele nei nā kauhale a pau ma kahi mua e hele mai, e mālama mua i nā kumuhana, koe nā kahua hui ma Agnew Meadows a me Pumice Flat. Hiki ke mālama 'ia nā mea hoʻonā no nā kahua pūnaewele.
E hoʻopaʻa pū me ka Hale HōʻikeʻikeʻO Mammoth Lakes no kaʻike o kaʻike ma mua o ka holoʻana i ke kauwelaʻo Fork San Joaquin. ʻO ka Highway 203 mai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Mammoth Mountain i loko o ka Red's Meadow Valley ke weheʻia nei i nā mahina kauwela. Hoʻopau ke alanui i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma kaʻOkakopa 31 a iʻole ka uluna nui mua o ka hau.