Area 99 covers the Wyoming Range and the upper Hoback country between US-189/191 and the Greys River drainage—heavy-timber high country in the heart of the range. Elevations run from about 6,500 feet on the lower forest fringes to over 11,000 feet on the Wyoming Range crest peaks. The forest is mature and continuous: aspen and lodgepole pine on the lower slopes, transitioning into Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, and lodgepole through the mid-elevations, with whitebark pine on the highest exposed ridges and alpine meadow above timberline. Major drainages include the upper Hoback River, Cottonwood Creek, and the headwaters of the Greys. The country is wet by Wyoming standards because it catches the Pacific moisture funneled through the Hoback Canyon. Bridger-Teton National Forest dominates with proposed wilderness designations covering portions of the high country. US-189/191 through the Hoback Canyon frames the access from the east; forest roads off it climb into the timber. Pinedale and Jackson are the supply hubs depending on which side you approach from; Bondurant on US-189 has the Bondurant Bar and a gas pump if you're lucky. Cell service drops past town. Quality elk in the timber, mule deer in the aspens, and grizzly bear country in earnest. The Wyoming Range produces some of the most overlooked quality elk hunts in the West because everyone drives past it heading to Yellowstone.