Adam Mountain

10,683 acres (16.7 square miles)

How to get there
The proposed Adam Mountain Wilderness Area is located about 10 miles SSE of the Town of Eagle.

• From Eagle, go south on Brush Creek Road (becomes FS 400). Public access to the unit is located at Sylvan State Park (accessible in winter).
• Take a left on East Brush Creek Road (FS 415) to reach Yeoman Park (accessible in winter) on the east side of the area.
• Hat Creek Road (FS 416) connects Yeoman Park to Crooked Creek Pass and bounds the SE portion of the unit.
• The USGS 7 1/2’ quads for proposed Adam Mountain Wilderness Area are Fulford, Crooked Creek, Seven Hermits, and Red Creek.

Setting
The proposed Adam Mountain Wilderness Area is at the end of an arm of the Sawatch Range that lies between East Brush and West Brush Creeks. It is a wooded divide with steep-sided drainages radiating down each side, and it is a significant feature in the beautiful Brush Creek Valley. The northern slopes are heavily-forested with old-growth lodgepole pine. The higher elevations have spruce/fir forests. The elevation ranges from 7,800 feet at lower East Brush Creek, to 11,158 on Mount Eve. The south facing slopes tend to be very steep.

What’s special about it?
The proposed Adam Mountain Wilderness Area provides wildlife with a movement corridor from the Sawatch Range and Red Table Mountain down into the Brush Creek Valley and to Bellyache Ridge. The area supports a herd of elk year-round, and many deer and bear are present in the summer. Its proximity to the Proposed Woods Lake and Red Table Wilderness Areas contributes to landscape connectivity in the Fryingpan River/Eagle River region. The area receives little human activity, and provides an excellent opportunity to experience solitude, naturalness, and challenge in a primitive landscape.

Potential threats
Adam Mountain was the site of the proposed Adam’s Rib Ski Area, the construction of which was approved by the USFS in 1982, but later denied and withdrawn. The Hat Creek timber sale has occurred adjacent to the SE portion of the unit.

Other info
There are active cattle allotments in the unit. Cattle grazing is compatible with designated Wilderness. Conservation groups have identified an additional 2,205 acres of roadless area in the vicinity of Hat Creek on the SE side of the Proposed Adam Mountain Wilderness Area.