Go home at night, go home at night, did I mention going home at night?

Consider making a tour around the entire perimeter of your mountain or range. Find and set up shelters to escape to every evening. That just means putting a door on a skele ruin or kill the locals at a tower. You can stuff a workbench and portal in them. Mark on Map! Look for areas of easy access and listen for howling. Your first intention is to get a cape so need those wolfie hides and trophy. Quaff your potion and head up there. Have lots of arrows, turn up your sound and enjoy.

Wolves announce themselves. Go in sneak and ck for them. One shot from distance. If your first shot doesn't kill then as they approach greet them with your club. Done. They usually come in twos and many times respawn in same area.
Be wary of cabins. Golems tend to live next to them. Mark golem spawns as they are consistent. Keep frost potions up at all times till you have your cape - or die almost instantly. Yes you can light fires but what happens when you run out of wood? Or a golem punts your unworthy patootie away from the fire??? Carry stam and health potions at all times. Use them as needed. Take some time to learn how steep a hill you can run down. It's amazing how well you can run down impossibly steep slopes. Learn what size rocks golems and wolves can't get up. Better to figure it out ahead of time rather than die cuz you forgot to pay attention. Use your pick or hoe for self arrests and also to make trails up steep slopes. Look for chests. They have something you want. Enjoy, you will only have the feeling of discovery one time in each biome, soon it will be just another day in the mountains, breaking rock in the not so hot sun.
Travel safe.