Unit 461 is a Pitkin and Gunnison County subunit covering the Crystal River drainage and the country between the Roaring Fork valley and the Crested Butte / Gunnison country—Marble, Redstone, and the high country around Snowmass Mountain and Mount Sopris. Elevations run from about 7,000 feet on the lower Crystal River near Carbondale to over 14,000 feet on Snowmass Mountain (14,099), Capitol Peak (14,138), and Mount Sopris (12,953—a dramatic isolated peak rising over the lower Roaring Fork valley). The terrain is dramatic: aspen groves and Gambel oakbrush on the lower benches, lodgepole and Douglas fir on the mid-slopes, dense subalpine spruce-fir on the higher reaches, and alpine tundra above 11,500 feet. The Crystal River corridor between Redstone and Marble is one of Colorado's prettiest mountain valleys—red sandstone cliffs, aspen, the famous Yule marble quarry, and the iconic Crystal Mill upstream of Marble. White River National Forest dominates with the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness on the eastern flank and the Raggeds Wilderness on the south (motorized prohibited in both). CO-133 is the paved spine running south from Carbondale through Redstone and over McClure Pass to the Gunnison side. Carbondale at the I-70 to Aspen corridor is full service for fuel, food, lodging, and gear; Redstone is a small historic mining/coal town with limited services; Marble is even smaller but has a charming feel. Cell service is reliable in Carbondale and along CO-133, weaker past Redstone, gone in the wilderness. The Crystal River bottom and the lower benches around Marble offer manageable hunting; the wilderness pack-outs are brutal classic Elk Mountains work.