Snow up there can be rough at times in the rifle season. Wind drifts the snow and makes trails and roads impassable. It is good hunting but with a lot of walk in hunters being closer to the main road. There are some spots a person can get into away from people. If the weather is mild you can hunt near the divide trail with better results. I assume your talking first rifle season. Second rifle season the elk tend to move off to the south towards Pagosa and Navajo Canyon. It's good hunting the only draw back if the elk cross over the divide down into Unit 78 there's not much to bring them back. It's a whole other world once you cross the divide and that becomes a very physical hunt. Its really rugged on the other side. Hunt the north side of North Mountain near Summitville if you get lots of snow elk will be moving down off that side towards Del Norte.