Flat Tops south, West-Central Colorado. Here's the terrain, access, and license picture, plus how to hunt it under pressure.
Physically demanding, varied terrain: barren rocky slopes and avalanche chutes up high, heavily timbered mid-elevations broken by openings, feeding down into lower foothills.
Reached by Forest Service roads near Burns, Derby Junction and Sweetwater Creek that feed trails into the Flat Tops Wilderness; upper roads can become impassable by third season.
Be in shape and hunt the timbered mid-elevation breaks and wilderness trailheads to escape road pressure, planning for deteriorating upper access as late snow arrives.
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