Worthy is located at the top of a section of mountain that I think of as the Big Tree Corridor. Many of my favorite trees reside in this long section of forest.

My youngest daughter, Caoimhe, joined me on a hunt for big trees when we encountered Caoimhe 01 for the first time. Thank you, Caoimhe, for the great picture. Sorry about all the spider webs.

This is one of the oldest trees I have found on the mountain to date. It is one of the gnarliest Western Redcedars you’ll find. And as old as it is, it’s still healthy. It gets sunshine on one side, so there are branches located down low, enabling me to get cuttings.

Once I am better equipped, there is actually a good chance that I will be able to get cuttings from No Chance. But it wasn’t happening on the day that I discovered No Chance, as much as I wanted that to happen. Hence the name.

I’ll never forget the first time I laid eyes on this tree. It took my breath away. This is one of those trees you know as soon as you see it, it’s a beast. I plan to visit Pillar of the Mountain again very soon to get better pictures.

Not the biggest. Not the oldest. But beautiful trees that I pass by often. Seeing them always makes me smile. I nearly killed myself trying to get this picture. My phone only has a 10 second timer.

We need to replace the hero picture for Leaning Tower because this one doesn’t do the tree justice. I’ll see about adding gallery photos as well. This is truly a massive tree.

On my first visit to Lost Tree I thought I has successfully recorded its GPS coordinates, only to discover that my technology at the time was not up to task. I have since revisited the tree, about a year later, and acquired accurate coordinates.

This is the other significant tree that Caoimhe and I found on the day that she joined me on the mountain. We were in a rush to start back home, so I didn’t get any more good photos. I be back to visit soon, and see about getting cuttings as well. (July 2024 update - cuttings collected.)

Located on the same scree slope as Solo Tree, a couple of hundred (ish) metres down the mountain. I’ve visited this tree several times, but the weather has yet to cooperate. The vine maple that surrounds this tree is a real ass-pain to get through.

Currently, I don’t have any good images of Old Man Cedar. I’ll need to go back on a sunny day and have a better look at this tree. When I first saw it, I was shocked at the size of it. If it is one tree, it’s huge. But looking at the tree from further up-slope, it looks like it may be two trees that fused together a few hundred years ago.

Candle Top has dense forest surrounding it, so it’s difficult to get a photograph. There is a tree next to it that needs investigating. I was able to get and a healthy batch of cuttings from Candle Top.

Solo Tree is the first Old Growth tree from which I successfully propagated cuttings. It’s a very healthy cedar, killing it on top of slope comprised of large hay-bail-sized boulders and dense vine maple. I’m not a fan of vine maple.

Lollipop is completely dead on its up-slope side. It’s a unique looking cedar with limited foliage. The base flares out impressively, but I don’t believe it is nearly as old as most of the other Living Legends.

This is one tough tree. It was likely well over a hundred years ago that the wedge was knocked out of the trunk. And on the opposite side, if you look closely at the other pictures, you’ll see that there is another significant saw cut that bites deeply into the tree. A large black bear interrupted the forester and ate him. (JK)

Most of the structure of this old tree is a shambles. It’s amazing that it is still standing. If the various disparate pieces of this tree were measured, it would likely be the biggest tree on the mountain. And it is old.

It’s a total ass-pain getting to this tree. It is located at the highest elevation of any tree for which I have collected cuttings. The steep incline of the mountain at this high elevation makes movement in any direction slow and difficult.