mountainside

The entire territory of the Cloudhoppers is made of mountains. They are impossible to climb up very far unless you have wings, which protects the territory from most attacks. The first half of the mountains is mostly sheer rock with a few patches of forest here and there. Then, halfway up, there is a long plateau that pack members use for resting on their way up and meeting those that have gone to ground level. Few animals can scale the mountain or live at such an altitude, and those few that can are usually found in places too dangerous for the wolves to hunt. The flat parts of the mountain are forested, but the rest is just rock. Near the peak there is always snow, and there are tales of large herds of animals that live at the top; however, not many Cloudhoppers dare to travel all the way up for fear of the air thinning too much for them to breathe.