Arizonan Galleries Arizona Jobs Real Estate Dining Guide Outdoor Fun Jumpup Cabin and associated barn are among the best maintained structures on the entire Forest. Originally constructed about 1906 for use in deer counts by Forest Service personnel, it has since been modified and maintained for use by hunters and stockmen. Located f ourteen miles west of Big Springs, at an e levation of 5700 FEET, the area features pinion-juniper woodland, lower in elevation than the higher ponderosa pine forest.
Big sagebrush forms a significant understory.
Less abundant, but more important for deer food, is the widely distributed cliffrose. This is important winter range for the Kaibab deer herd. May. Other mammals of consequence are the coyote and bobcat. The fox and mountain lion are present, but are few in number. Porcupine, wood rat, rock squirrel, chipmunk, rabbits, and mice are common in this habitat.