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Great Basin National Park

About four hours southwest of Salt Lake City, just across the Utah line in eastern Nevada, Great Basin is a sky island park where the Snake Range rises from sagebrush desert to the 13,063 foot summit of Wheeler Peak. On its high limestone slopes grow bristlecone pines, gnarled and twisted trees that live for thousands of years. One of them, Prometheus, was nearly 5,000 years old when it was cut down in 1964, the oldest tree ever documented. Come from June through September, when the Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive is open and the high trails are clear of snow. The aspens turn gold in late September.

Great Basin National Park
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Some of the oldest living things on Earth grow here. Bristlecone pines that were seedlings when the pyramids were built still stand on the same windy slopes. Beneath the mountain, Lehman Caves winds through marble hung with rare shield formations, delicate discs of stone found in few other caves. And above it all, Wheeler Peak rises 13,063 feet with Nevada's only glacier, so the park runs from desert floor to alpine ice in a single day.

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