| The trail begins by a message board on the right in a high desert landscape of sagebrush, juniper trees, bitterbrush and bunchgrass. |
| They appear to prefer areas dominated by sagebrush or bitterbrush, with native grasses intermixed, generally avoiding cheatgrass-dominated landscapes. |
| The arid eastern slopes support sagebrush, bitterbrush, juniper, piñon pine, and aspen. |
| Troy tracked around a trough of bitterbrush that bent and fought against the deep snow. |
| I duck and move around a bitterbrush, knowing the goat is heart-poundingly close, maybe 15, maybe 20 yards. |
| Nearby sage and bitterbrush offer migrating mule deer herds critical wintertime sanctuary. |
