Cache la Poudre Wilderness

Elevation ranges from 6,100 feet to 8,300 feet, and the area is accessible for much of the year. Use is low and only one trail, the Mount McConnel National Recreation Trail, exists in the wilderness. Travel is accomplished only by scrambling and bushwhacking in stream bottoms, on ridges and along game trails. This Wilderness is primarily montane in characteristic. Forests of ponderosa and lodgepole pine dominate the landscape, and mule deer, bear, coyote, and mountain lion inhabit the area seasonally. Always use Leave No Trace techniques to help keep this area wild, clean, and pristine.