This unit has a lot of remote, steep terrain and is entirely in the Frank Church-River of the No Return Wilderness. It’s in the east of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, to Waterfall Creek and then to the Bighorn Crags.

This is a good unit for hunters who like rough terrain and glassing for hours. The open, steep terrain is good for long-range glassing.

This is a relatively small wilderness unit and starts at the mouth of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River and is on the east side of the river to the Waterfall Creek Trail. The distance from the northern to the southern edges is about 15 miles. Most of the land is steep and is in the Salmon River Mountains in the Salmon-Challis National Forest inside the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.

This area doesn’t have any road, but borders the Middle Fork of the Salmon River and the main Salmon River, and both can be floated. Sheep usually live in the most remote parts of the area, like the western side of the Bighorn Crags, Aggipah Mountain and Mount McGuire. Guided hunters typically have horses to get into remote terrain and to help carry their gear and game.

Most terrain is open and has grassy slopes with scattered brush or timber patches, high mountain meadows, alpine basins and rugged mountains. Some high, east and north-facing slopes are mostly timbered with spruces, pines and firs, but most of the woods have enough openings that it’s possible to see sheep in timber from other steep slopes. Some areas have been burned by forest fires and are ideal for game with grass and browse plants taking hold as new trees start to grow.

Hunters should plan to sleep in a tent here. Guided hunters typically sleep in wall tents. Plan to stay overnight near sheep areas in small backpack-style tents.