Please remember that everything natural is protected in a national park, including dead and down bristlecone wood. Some wood on the ground may be thousands of years old and important scientifically. A piece 9,000 years old has been found. Please leave all down bristlecone wood in place. The Wheeler Peak grove, located northeast of Wheeler Peak, is unusual because it grows on a glacial moraine consisting of quartzite boulders.
Most groves grow on limestone or dolomite.
The grove's northeastern exposure is also unusual. Other groves have mostly southerly or westerly exposures. The largest grove of bristlecone pines in the park is on Mt. Washington. Located In the west central portion of the park, access is difficult. No developed trails exist in the grove.