Thanks bobwysiwyg. However it's not dead even though the uniformed wouldn't think twice for using it for fire wood.
Nope. It's somewhere in the Colorado Plateau and located inside the confines of a “Research” Area which was marked “No Trespassing.” I do think that it is a bristlecone pine but I am not sure. I photographed several, including this one, and all were within a close proximity to each other.
Thomas