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Copyright © Ralph Maughan Trapper Peak, the highest point in the Bitterroot Range. Photo from near Darby, Montana. October 2001. The Bitterroot Range is a massive range along the Idaho-Montana border. It presents an imposing front from Darby, Montana on the south to Stevensville, Montana on the north. Along the front is the Bitterroot Valley, a formerly pastoral place, but now largely sub-divided. West of the crest of the range, are the Salmon River and Clearwater Mountains for many miles to the west, north and south. The reintroduced wolves arrived quickly to the Bitterroot Mountains, and have found the more gentle parts to their liking with 3 or 4 packs in the general area as of the year 2005. The wolves prefer the northern, southern and west side of the range. The Front is too rugged and rocky. |
