I’ve certainly seen large elderly ponderosa pine up on Mtn bike trails nearby in Okanagan Valley that have survived a strike and they look like this photo from Montana (link below - note that Creston is not the town in BC that has its own time zone (yes, link below)) I enjoy the news articles you post - thank you https://dailyinterlake.com/news/2019/aug/15/ancient-ponderosa-pine-near-creston-torched-6/ ——- https://www.crestonmuseum.ca/time-changes-part-2/
