Tag: Bristlecone Pines
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Strange, storied trees are worthy destination before famed Colorado summit
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY • High on the craggy shoulders of Mount Evans, above 11,500 feet where the spruce and fir no longer prevail, an exclamation is heard. Observes one in a group visiting from California: “They make us feel young!” They are the bristlecone pine trees that have managed to survived millennia here in the…