how to water trees wild west new frontier

But in the evening half-light, with the wind whistling, the coyotes howling and the spooky silhouettes of the bristlecones looming above us, it was all too easy to imagine a very different world: a nightmarish forest stalked by strange and blood-thirsty beasts - and not a place to linger as the light faded.

The stark beauty of this strange, high-altitude forest was undeniable the views across the snowy peaks of the High Sierra spectacular. But they are so tough that even a thin strip of bark just a few centimetres wide is enough to keep them going. Most look more dead than alive because after years being blasted and polished by wind-blown sand and ice, little bark or foliage remains. They seem to grow directly from the bleached rocks - the wood so hard and textured its difficult to see where living tree stops and the geology begins. These tenacious trees are dotted across an otherwise barren and bleak landscape. The grove itself is unlike any other forest I’ve ever visited. But a curse because with the road shut we had to hike the three miles up to the forest several times every day as we moved filming gear and heavy-duty batteries to and from the various locations, all the while gasping for breath in the thin mountain air.

This was both a blessing and a curse a blessing because it meant there were few other visitors to the grove, leaving us to get on with our filming uninterrupted. On arrival we found the access road to the grove still closed by winter snow. They seem to grow directly from the bleached rocks - the wood so hard and textured it's difficult to see where living tree stops and the geology begins

How to water trees wild west new frontier