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How to Read This Terrain

This country is structured around one main ridge, with multiple spurs dropping down into the creek below.

Between each spur is a gully.
Where two spurs connect along the ridge, you’ll find a saddle.

Understanding these features is key.

• Ridge – the high ground along the top.

• Saddle – the low point between two high points on the ridge.

• Spur – a finger of high ground running downhill.

• Gully – the drainage between spurs, often feeding into the creek.

• Creek – the main movement corridor at the bottom.

The Travel Line

The most efficient route is the mid-slope band — between the creek and the saddle line.

Not on the ridge.
Not in the bottom.
In the middle.

From this elevation you can:

• Look down into the gullies.

• Look up toward the saddles.

• Look across onto the next spur.

You cross each spur deliberately.
You cut into each gully.
Then return to the mid-slope line and repeat.

Why This Works

Too high and you lose visibility into the drainage.
Too low and you lose visibility toward the saddle.

Mid-elevation gives you control of both.

It allows:

• Better wind management.

• More glassing angles.

• More intercept opportunities.

Work the contour.
Cross each spur.
Stay between the creek and the saddle.
Most efficient way to hunt a system.