Reaching Patriarch Grove requires a 12-mile slow drive on a dirt road.
Picnic benches and a vault toilet are the only amenities at this distant area of the Bristlecone Forest.
Patriarch Grove at sunrise.
Two short loop trails leave the parking area and circle the grove.
Bristlecone branches with the White Mountains in the background.
Bristlecone pines.
Due to their higher elevation, these trees are significantly younger than the trees at lower elevations near the visitor center.
Bristlecones and the setting sun.
Dusk in the Patriarch Grove.
Dusk in the Patriarch Grove.
Dusk in the Patriarch Grove.
Daybreak in the Patriarch Grove.