Trinity Alps

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11 of 16 photos / 2001.07.02

Fracture Plane, Trinity Alps photo

Fracture Plane

A fracture plane (other fracture planes visible in the stone) caused this granite peak to cleave in half, spilling huge boulders down the mountainside. Similar faulting created "The Sinks" down canyon, where the creek temporarily disappears under a granite rubble field.