slgwv's photos with the keyword: flag tree

Guess the direction of the prevailing wind! Looking southeasterly off the Pacific Crest Trail in California, near the vague northern end of the Sierra Nevada. Mt. Etna has been mapped as a volcanic plug. The name may come from a nostalgic 49er! The Sierra Buttes are peeking out just barely on the left.

Off the Long Lake trail, Lakes Basin, Sierra Nevada, California.

"Flag tree" near Crater Lake, California. Hope Valley below. The direction of the prevailing wind is, perhaps, obvious-- ;)

Guess the direction of the prevailing wind-- ;) When the asymmetry due to the wind is this pronounced, the tree is often called a "flag tree" because the limbs all on one side look like banners streaming down the wind. On the Pacific Crest Trail in California, near Webber Peak north of Donner Pass. The prominent trail on the right is in fact the PCT. One of the dogs in poking into the pic at lower right. Map location is approximate.