Bristlecone Music with Marko Bajzer

Meet Marko Bajzer, our 2023 Artist in Residence, who spent his time in Great Basin National Park gathering inspiration for a Great Basin National Park symphony he is creating. He even recorded the music made from a Bristlecone Pine tree, which he demonstrates in this video.

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Interesting video, but Wheeler is actually the 2nd tallest mountain in Nevada.

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Not exactly. The highest point in Nevada is Boundary Peak, however it is a subpeak of Montgomery Peak in California and does not have enough prominence to be considered a "mountain" by the USGS, thus making Wheeler Peak the tallest mountain in Nevada (but not the highest point). It's a semantic difference, admittedly, but I think Wheeler Peak is much prettier as well so I'm sticking with it! ;)