Beaverhead Range just to SE of Salmon, Idaho
© Ralph Maughan
The Salmon River Valley lies between the Bitterroot Range of the Beaverhead Mountains, which is the Continental Divide and the Idaho/Montana state line, and the vast Salmon River Mountain range of the central Idaho wilderness areas.
Wolf B11F "Blackfire" was seen in the general area of photo (near the cattle) numerous times by local residents in the autumn of 1995. No. 11 used the Salmon River valley here near the town of Salmon to migrate back and forth between the Bitterroots and the Salmon River Mountains. Note: this mountain range -- the Bitterroots -- is alternatively called the "Big Hole Mountains" mostly by Montanans who live in the Big Hole Valley just on the other side of the mountain.
The very best central Idaho wolf country, however, has turned out to be the mountain meadows and the less rugged parts of the mountains of central Idaho.
