Big tree thread

[OreIdaElk]

Its really hard to tell from the pictures, very well could be a lodgepole for sure. Lodgepole normally don't take that form, except when they do and much more likely when they're open grown like that. If you ever get back there, look at the needles. If its lodgepole there will be 2 needles per fascicle if its a limber/whitebark, there will be 5 per/fascicle.

Now that I think about it, more probable its a good sized whitebark. Whitebark and Limber are really tough to tell apart, so much so we collect needles for DNA testing.

It caught my eye because I’ve never seen a pine that big other than ponderosa.