Four Extremes: Bristlecone Forest

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:59:59 -800

Being Monday (our climb permits were for Tuesday-Thursday), we had a lot of
extra time to kill. Our maps indicated that there is a large bristlecone
pine tree forest way up in the mountains, so we decided to drive up
there and have a look. The desert floor is at about 4,000 feet, and the road
to the forest curved far up into the hills to drop us off at the forest at
10,000 feet. I had never been in a car at that altitude, so that's the first
extreme.