Area 83 covers the Snake River Range and Palisades Wilderness Study Area country west of Hoback Junction along the Idaho line. Elevations run from about 6,000 feet on the Snake River bottom to over 10,000 feet on the Snake River crest. The country is dense, wet timber—Pacific moisture comes hard over from Idaho and the forest reflects it: lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, and substantial aspen, with willow-and-alder choked drainages and dramatic glaciated cirques on the higher peaks. The Palisades WSA covers a chunk of roadless country (about 135,000 acres on the Wyoming side, more on the Idaho side). Major drainages include Bailey Creek, Indian Creek, and the Snake River itself, which here runs through the dramatic Snake River Canyon between Hoback Junction and Alpine. Bridger-Teton National Forest and the Palisades WSA dominate. US-26/89 is the paved access through the Snake River Canyon; forest roads off it climb into the timber. Jackson is the full-service supply hub at peak prices; Alpine on the Idaho line has gas and basic supplies. Cell service drops past town. Quality elk in the dense timber, mule deer in the aspens, and the country is true grizzly bear range—standard protocols apply. Pack-in or backpack for the WSA core. The Snake River Canyon is busy with whitewater traffic in summer; by hunting season the country quiets down.