Stately and strange, these Great Basin bristlecone pines survive near the Bristlecone Trail’s j …

Stately and strange, these Great Basin bristlecone pines survive near the Bristlecone Trail's j ...

Stately and strange, these Great Basin bristlecone pines survive near the Bristlecone Trail’s junction with the Bonanza Trail on the Lee Canyon side of Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. (Natalie Burt/Las Vegas Review-Journal)