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on (; 99 14 Ptarmigan Peak (formerly Williams Fork) This wilderness area includes a variety of high-altitude terrain on both sides of the Continental Divide stretching from Woods Mountain and Herman Lake, north and east of the eastern portal of the Eisenhower Interstate Highway tunnel, west to Ptarmigan Pass, and then northwest nearly to Ute Peak in the Williams Mountains. Sangre de Cristo The Sangre de Cristo Wilderness is by far the most complex area dealt with in this bill. The area is generally located between the towns of Salida and AIamosa, in Custer, Fremont, Saguache, Huerfano and AIamosa counties. The Mountains themselves rise steeply from the floor of the San Luis Valley, location of some of Colorado's oldest settlements (the name Sangre de Cristo, or "Blood of Christ", is said to have been bestowed by Juan De Onate in 1647 and to refer to the red hues tinting the range at sunset). Extending from northern New Mexico into central Colorado, the range, with its 30 peaks rising above 13,000 feet (7 rise above 14,000), forms a natural barrier between Southeast and Southwest Colorado and causes the wind currents responsible for formation of the remark- able dunes in the Great Sand Dunes National Monument on its western flank. While the South Colony Lakes road is not included in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness designated in subsection 2(a), and therefore may be managed to permit motorized use, the Com- mittee intends that the Forest Service strictly and universally pro- hibit (and physically restrict) any motorized access into the lands included in this wilderness area, including the South Colony Lakes and the sensitive alphine tundra areas in that vicinity. AB in the House-passed bill of 1992, the boundary of the wilderness area has been drawn so as to exclude from wilderness a number of private holdings (including patented mining claims) in the Como Lake and Blanca Peak areas, and, in addition, H.R. 631 as reported also omits from wilderness the portion of the wilderness study area south of Como Lake, in the vicinity of Tobin Creek. Sarvis Creek This area is a low-elevation forest, different from most of the state's wilderness areas that are characterized by ruggedness of terrain. It has extraordinary wildlife habitat, and is used for recre- ation by many Steamboat Springs residents. The boundaries ex- clude from wilderness Walton Peak in the north because of the need for continued accessibility to an electronic transmission site and a popular snowmobile trail near Forest Road 100. The bound- ary will not impact the work the Forest Service has been doing to prepare a thorough Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the proposed Lake Catamount Ski Area near Steamboat Springs. The Silver Creek Trail is included within the wilderness, but the Com- mittee has drawn the northeastern boundary of this area so as to exclude from wilderness the Routt Divide Trail, partly within wil- derness under other proposals, so that it can continue to be man- aged to permit mechanized use, including use by bicycles, if and as authorized by the Forest Service.