We take to the left.
Here also is found the mountain pine, its fine, smooth, black bark contrasting markedly with that of the firs and pines further down.

It is generally found not lower than this elevation around Lake Tahoe.
Near by are some scattered hemlocks.

This tree is found even higher than the mountain pine, and is seldom found lower than 8000 feet.

In these higher elevations one sees what a struggle some of the trees have for mere existence.

Again and again a mountain pine will be found, a tree perhaps fifty feet high, bowed over almost to the ground.