This is from
http://wyomingtourism.org/cms/d/brokeback_mountain.php on director Ang Lee's preparation before shooting the movie in Alberta, Canada. He traveled extensively in Wyoming.
The film director spent the night at a Big Horn Mountain guest ranch outside of Buffalo and toured Wind River Mountain country near Dubois as well. It was there that he learned to snowmobile and later said the look and feel of the Wind River Valley is what he wanted to represent Brokeback Mountain. “It’s so beautiful, quiet. That’s my idea. ” Lee said.
He also spent some time in northwest Wyoming touring the Grand Teton National Park region where he found the definition of the mountain peak rocks alluring enough to bring a facsimile to bear in the movie poster and print advertising.
Lee calls his critically acclaimed film a “western saga,” in part, and it is very easy for you to make your own Western across Wyoming. Thousands of miles of national forest and park lands remain undisturbed and free of development. Nature hikes, horseback rides, wildlife viewing and wide, open space await
