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Atthevisitorcenterschedulesarepostedfor60and90-minuteranger-ledtoursofLeh-
man Caves. The tours follow a short paved trail through caverns where the temperature
averages a chilly 50°F and the walls and ceilings are covered with lavish decorations of
stalactites, stalagmites, helictites, flowstone, popcorn, and over 300 rare shield formations.
The park's 12-mile Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive passes scrubby mountain mahogany
and broad forests of spruce and limber pine on its 3,400-foot climb from the visitor center
to the Wheeler Peak Campground. At the road's end, trails fan out to the 13,063-foot
summit, to Nevada's only glacier, and to placid, tree-rimmed alpine lakes. On the higher
reachesoftheSnakeRange,neartheendofthescenicdrive,twistedbristleconepinescling
tenaciously to the rock-strewn soil; some of these patriarchs, especially those nearest the
tree line, are up to 3,000 years old.
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