J. Groth 1986 Journal 130. I hit some of the crests, where Engelmann spruce became dominant, and had that fair old crop of cones, and rare trees having new cones. Larch had nothing here, and white pine the same as elsewhere, including Washington (a moderate old crop.) I stopped often looking for crossbills, but heard none, nor expected any. I finally camped at a high elev area, as indicated [check MVZ topo maps for true locality. Clark Fork, Idaho river comp N Roe Road to Magee Aug I set up camp in the evening. I encountered a bear as I walked down a logging road. [I had also seen a bear while driving the trade roads.] I had quite thoroughly checked the area