Area 113 covers the western Bighorn Mountains around Tensleep Canyon and the country climbing from the basin floor to the high crest along US-16. Elevations run from about 4,500 feet at the canyon mouth to over 11,000 feet on the Bighorn high country. Tensleep Canyon itself is one of the most dramatic mountain-front canyons in Wyoming—dramatic limestone walls, Tensleep Creek running cold and clear, and the famous climbing routes that bring international visitors to the canyon's pocketed sandstone. Vegetation stratifies hard with elevation: sage and bunchgrass on the lower benches, mountain mahogany and ponderosa on the canyon walls, Douglas fir on the cooler aspects, transitioning into aspen and lodgepole at mid-elevations, with Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir on the upper slopes and alpine country on the highest ridges. The Cloud Peak Wilderness backs the unit on the east. Bighorn NF dominates the upper country, with BLM and private ranch in the lower foothills. US-16 through Tensleep Canyon provides the paved spine and forest roads off it climb into the timber. Ten Sleep is the immediate gateway with the famous Ten Sleep Brewing Company; Worland is the larger supply hub. Cell service drops past town. Quality elk and mule deer with the wilderness backstop providing the better trophy potential. Pack-in for the high country; truck-camp hunting works on the lower forest. The fall colors in Tensleep Canyon are spectacular when the aspens turn—worth a drive even if you're not hunting.