Evening in Hook Arm, Dall Island, Alaska
Hyalite CanyonHyalite Canyon lies just south of Bozeman, MT at the end of a massive roadless area that stretches unbroken south to Yellowstone National Park and is home to wolves and grizzly bears. The hike to this view at the top of Hyalite Canyon passes seven waterfalls.
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Hyalite - Porcupine - Buffalo Horn Wilderness Study Area Roadless Area
Gallatin National Forest, MT
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Buck Mesa, Springhouse CreekThis roadless area has been leased for coal mine expansion. Watch a timelapse video of this landscape
Springhouse Creek Roadless Area
Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forest
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Elk MountainsJust north of Mt. Crested Butte, this roadless area buffers the Elk and Collegiate Mountains
Elk Mountains - Collegiate Roadless Area
Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forest, CO
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Aspen
Blue Lake, Crazy Mountains
Crazy MountainsThe Crazy Mountains are like the gates of the Rocky Mountains. This is the first island of mountains that you see traveling west from Billings along the Yellowstone River.
Crazy Mountain Roadless Area
Gallatin National Forest, MT
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Beartooth PlateauThe Beartooth Plateau is the largest high elevation plateau in North America. It contains the largest population of Grizzly bears in the lower 48 outside of Yellowstone and is considered an important part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Beartooth Proposed Wilderness Roadless Area
Shoshone National Forest, WY
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Bonneville PassCritical Grizzly Bear habitat and part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Togwotee Pass Roadless Area
Shoshone National Forest, WY
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Dark Divide Roadless Area looking towards Mt. St HelensThe Dark Divide Roadless Area has some of the best remaining old growth forest in southwest Washington. From this view on Badger Peak you float above a sea of rainforest and can see all the major volcanoes of the region.
Dark Divide Roadless Area
Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA
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Dark Divide Roadless Area looking towards Mt. Ranier
Oregon Dunes
Leaves and Pool
Rainforest in the Fall
Fury
Desert Sky IslandOne of the beautiful sky islands of the southern Rocky Mountains.
Apache Kid Contiguous Roadless Area
Cibola National Forest, NM
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Fall Aspen
Kennebec PassLooking south towards the La Plata Mountains, a range that includes mountains considered sacred by several Indian tribes in the area.
Hermosa Roadless Area
San Juan National Forest, CO
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Hermosa CreekHermosa Creek is one of the largest undeveloped and unprotected watersheds in Colorado.
Hermosa Roadless Area
San Juan National Forest, CO
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RemnantHyalite - Porcupine - Buffalo Horn Wilderness Study Area Roadless Area
Gallatin National Forest, MT
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Ice LakeAn easy day hike from Silverton, Colorado, Ice Lake is one of several stunning alpine lakes in an area that is being considered for Wilderness status.
Read an excerpt from the book about this place.
San Miguel Roadless Area
San Juan National Forest, CO
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Ice LakeRead an excerpt from the book about this place.
San Miguel Roadless Area
San Juan National Forest, CO
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Lower Ice Lake Basin
Mallard Larkins Pioneer AreaRead an excerpt from the book about this place.
Mallard Larkins Roadless Area
Idaho Panhandle National Forest, ID
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Clearwater WatershedThe North Fork of the Clearwater River is one of the few healthy salmon runs left in the lower 48 of the U.S. This is one of the many small streams that feeds the river after filtering through diverse, untouched forests. A quiet place of outstanding beauty and biological diversity.
Mallard Larkins Roadless Area
Idaho Panhandle National Forest, ID
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Morning Forest
Mature Western Red Cedar Forest in Meadow CreekNorthwest Idaho has some of the most beautiful and diverse, but little-known forests in the west. These low mountains that Lewis and Clark crossed over share species with the Pacific Northwest and the Rocky Mountains. This particular forest along Meadow Creek has stunning stands of massive Western Red Cedar.
West Meadow Creek Roadless Area
Nez Perce National Forest, ID
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Mendenhall GlacierThe famous Mendenhall Glacier on the edge of Juneau, Alaska sits in the Tongass Roadless Area.
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Cloud Convergence Over Mount JeffersonAir masses converge over Mount Jefferson, which sits on the border between Idaho and Montana. This low spot in the Continental Divide is an important ecological bridge from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to the vast ecosystems of central Idaho. Mount Jefferson is also a mecca for back-country skiers.
Mt. Jefferson Roadless Area
Targhee National Forest, ID
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Ragged MountainsThe stunning Ragged Mountains lie between Crested Butte, Aspen and Carbondale on the western slopes of Colorado
Raggeds Roadless Area
Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forest, CO
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Rogue ForestSome of the little remaining old growth forest in Oregon along the Lower Rogue River
Potato Mountain Roadless Area
Siskiyou National Forest, OR
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Cliffs along the Selway River
The Siskiyou MountainsThe Siskiyou Mountains are one of the one of the most botanically diverse areas in the west coast. This is the place where the coastal mountains and the inland Sierra Nevada range come together and so this area contains species from both and trees and plants that are unique to this area alone.
North Kalmiopsis Roadless Area
Siskiyou National Forest, OR
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Fire RemnantsThe Kalmiopsis Wilderness area was the site of a massive, half-million acre fire in 2002 called the Biscuit Fire. The fire burnt quickly through second growth areas but was slowed by undisturbed wilderness forest that had a more diverse canopy.
North Kalmiopsis Roadless Area
Siskiyou National Forest, OR
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Quiet along the Smith RiverThe North Fork of the Smith River is one of the few remaining healthy salmon rivers of northern California
North Fork Smith Roadless Area
Six Rivers National Forest, CA
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Surprise ValleySurprise Valley is an astonishinly beautiful part of the Pioneer Mountains in South Central Idaho. This valley and those around it have scenery that could rival Yellowstone National Park. This area is where wolves were first re-introduced into Idaho in the late 90's.
Pioneer Mountains Roadless Area
Sawtooth National Forest, ID
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Heart of the RainforestA Waterfall on the Cleveland Penninsula in Tongass National Forest
Tongass National Forest Roadless Area
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WaterfallThis waterfall in the Tongass National Forest Roadless Area was surrounded by grizzly bear tracks.
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RainforestTongass National Forest Roadless Area
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Sunrise on the Cliffs of Battlement Mesa
Milky Way over the Ragged MountainsWatch a timelapse video of this landscape.
Raggeds Roadless Area.
Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forest, CO
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