Unit 141 sits in the upper Arkansas River valley around Salida—Chaffee and northern Fremont County country with the Sawatch Range climbing to the west and the northern Sangre de Cristos rising to the east. Elevations run from 7,000 feet in the Arkansas valley bottom to over 14,000 feet on Mount Antero, Mount Shavano, and Princeton on the Sawatch crest, and climbing toward 14,000 on the northern Sangre crest as well. Vegetation is the classic Colorado mountain layering: sagebrush and PJ flats in the valley, ponderosa pine and Gambel oakbrush on the lower slopes, aspen groves and Douglas fir transitioning into lodgepole pine on the mid-slopes, and dense subalpine spruce-fir with alpine meadows above 11,000 feet. The Arkansas River corridor and the broad valley floor of Chaffee County are heavily developed for recreation—ranching, river running, and a healthy summer-tourist economy. San Isabel National Forest covers the high country on both flanks, with the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness on the Sawatch side and the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness on the eastern crest. Significant BLM holdings cover lower benches; private ranches dominate the valley floor. US-50 cuts east-west through Salida and over Monarch Pass; US-285 runs north-south through the valley. Salida is a real town—gas, motels, a Walmart-equivalent, restaurants, processors, gear shops; Buena Vista north is similar. Cell service is reliable in the valley and dies in the mountains. Hunting pressure is moderate to heavy because of the accessible road system and population center—but hunters who pack into the wilderness or climb past the first ridgeline can still find quality elk and big mule deer. The high country here is some of Colorado's most photogenic.