Report on Condition of Elk in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in 1911 . n themain part of the valley on April 20, but the mountains and foothillsabove 7,000 feet were as white as in midwinter. Bordering the valley on the west is the Teton Range, a successionof rocky crags with altitudes varying from about 10,000 to nearly14,000 feet. (See PI. IV,fig. 1.) These rise abruptly from the compara-tively low and level valley (f>,000 to 6,700 feet), affording a panoramawhose equal in rugged grandeur is rarely seen. To the east the valleyis bordered by foothills of the Gros Ventre Range, some of whose ] •rea
Report on Condition of Elk in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in 1911 . n themain part of the valley on April 20, but the mountains and foothillsabove 7,000 feet were as white as in midwinter. Bordering the valley on the west is the Teton Range, a successionof rocky crags with altitudes varying from about 10,000 to nearly14,000 feet. (See PI. IV,fig. 1.) These rise abruptly from the compara-tively low and level valley (f>,000 to 6,700 feet), affording a panoramawhose equal in rugged grandeur is rarely seen. To the east the valleyis bordered by foothills of the Gros Ventre Range, some of whose ] •reach an altitude of about 11,000 feet. These mountains are treelessabove 10,000 feet. Below this the mountain slopes are usually wellwooded, the commoner trees being Kngehnann spruce (Piaa engd-maimi), Douglas spruce (Pteudotsuga ). and aspen poplar(Popvlut titmiiloid(s). Within the confines of the valley arise sev-eral so-called buttes, which rise about 1,000 Feel above the general Bui. 40, Biological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate Jackson Hole and Vicinity, Wyoming. Bui. 40, Biological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate IV.
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