The Watchtower
Trail Thoughts and Musings
At about the halfway point in the hike you will get your first views of the majestic Watchtower formation. It
lies on the other side of the river and is a sheer face of granite that juts out from the canyon wall. It soars
1600 feet above the Marble Fork of the Kaweah. It is a legacy from the period of glaciation when the valley
floor was buried with 500 feet of moving ice.
Werner Hager at cyberguide@cyberhikes.com
Last updated June 1, 1998.
Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998 by Werner W. Hager and Micromoms. All rights reserved.