Yes, gorgeous and remote and that is partly why I want to see it. As I said, since I don't pack pack (swore to never again after my Army/LURP training days) I intend to drive on highway 150 to 10,700 feet, and give it a go from there, walking with the dogs to around 13,000 feet or so. Quite frankly, I don't know if I will be able to even do that with that altitude working on the dogs and me, but the scenery should at least make it worth it. I will later drop down to the 4 - 6,000 feet areas for forest grouse. I have never hunted this part of our country so it will be something new for me. After Utah, I then will head north on a guided hunt in Idaho and then further north and east into Montana, heading back east in late September.
I have hunted some very tough and remote areas in the past so I think I know what I am getting into and I am mentally prepared to fail at this quest to see a few ptarmagan...and, don't we learn something through failure?
