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Aspens are abundant along this stretch of the trail to Mt Moriah. No sign of yellow-bellied marmots despite there being lots of talus slopes on either side of the trail.

On 21 June 1937, Lee Arnold saw a marmot 2 miles south of the survey team's base camp, which was noted as "Hendry Creek, 9,100 ft., 1 1/2 mi. E Mt Moriah, White Pine Co., Nevada". The site of the photos in this iNat observation are probably within a few hundred meters of the location where Arnold saw the marmot.
(Arnold mentioned "scattered aspens beside the creek")

I have no idea what these pines were doing here, apparently naturalized in this little spot. I have trouble believing they are Pinus sabiniana myself. It was the only California pine I could think of with three long needles that looked like this. The cones were very large too. I could not find whole ones that I could reach and I only had an iPhone.