At
the base of the Pass the terrain is a lush mountain riparian
ecosystem characterized by wet land habitat of streams and
ponds. Deer and elk plentiful as well as higher mountain
species.
Slightly
higher, the ecosystem consists of sub alpine fir with aspen
meadows.
Toward
the top the ecosystem changes to sub-alpine tundra and alpine
tundra. Marmots abound in the alpine
tundra.
|