Area 61 covers the country around Baggs and the western flank of the Sierra Madre on the Wyoming-Colorado line. Elevations run from about 6,500 feet on the Little Snake River valley floor to over 10,000 feet on the Sierra Madre crest. The country is a dramatic transition from sage-steppe basin into mountain: the Little Snake valley is wide-open sage and irrigated hay along the river; the Sierra Madre's western slope climbs through aspen and lodgepole into spruce-fir, with grassy meadows in the saddles and alpine country above timberline. Battle Mountain, Bridger Peak, and the Continental Divide form the backbone. Cottonwood Creek, Battle Creek, and the upper Little Snake drain through the timber. The Sierra Madre's western face catches Pacific moisture and the timber is dense. BLM dominates the lower country, Medicine Bow NF covers the high country, and private ranches fill in the valley. The Huston Park Wilderness (30,720 acres) protects core high country. WY-70 (the Battle Highway) is the paved access from Encampment over the Continental Divide; it closes with snow. Baggs is the local supply town—gas, a couple of bars, basic groceries—and Encampment is the eastern gateway. Cell service drops past town. Quality elk in the timbered country, mule deer in the foothill aspens, antelope on the lower sage. The country sees less pressure than the Snowy Range to the east. Wind is constant in the Little Snake valley.