Looks like a fair number of people visit, but not too many leave anything behind to help others. For those that have, thanks! If I had found this website before I went hunting this fall things would have went a bit better! I'm a greenhorn, 2002 was my first year, spent nine days in the high country, had a reasonably good time, learned a lot but didn't even fire a shot -- figured elk country was no place for target practice even though I was itching to shoot at something! Even though I can't pass on any first hand secrets of how to get an elk, I did learn a few things on how to avoid getting skunked:
(a) Don't hunt with folks who aren't as serious as you are in terms of doing the work and enduring the discomfort, (b) Don't run a cold camp, you need some heat to keep you going day after day, (c) Do figure out, specifically, how you are going to get from your camp over to where you think the elk will be in the dark and then get back in the dark all without getting lost, (d) Do get up earlier than what you think you will need to, it seems like it takes longer to get up and get out of camp than what it should and sunrise don't wait.

Eager to learn, any help - especially the specifics - is appreciated, Cold Hunter