Zone 2 covers the eastern Selkirks and the Purcell Mountains in extreme northern Idaho, hugging the Canadian border above Bonners Ferry. The terrain is a wall of timber—steep, north-soaked slopes carrying western red cedar, hemlock, grand fir, and western white pine, with subalpine fir and mountain hemlock on the upper ridges. Elevations run from about 1,800 feet on the Kootenai River to over 7,700 feet on the Selkirk Crest. Logging has stitched the lower country into a quilt of cuts, replants, and old-growth pockets, and brushfields of mountain alder, devil's club, and slide alder line every drainage. Old burn scars and avalanche chutes are gold for whitetail glassing once the leaves drop. Most of the zone is Idaho Panhandle National Forest with substantial blocks of corporate timber land (Stimson, Hancock) and state endowment ground. US 95 and US 2 are the main paved arteries; from there, logging-road networks claw up every drainage but a lot are gated or in tough shape. The grizzly recovery zone and small woodland caribou range here mean ID—know yo'r bears before you pull the trigger. Bonners Ferry has fuel, groceries, and a couple decent diners; Sandpoint is the better full-service stop. Cell service quits the moment you turn off the highway. October rain is the rule, not the exception, and the cedar bottoms stay slick into November. Whitetail are everywhere, mule deer ride the higher ridges, and elk numbers are modest but present in the burns.