Actually we did quite well, taking a nice 5 point and a nice 6 point for 3 guys, with the third hunter passing up several legal bulls waiting for a good one.. Stayed in a cabin at a ranch and hunted from the roads on National Forest land... We saw elk nearly every day, but not the large numbers that the unit is known for... Undoubtedly the BEST hunting in the unit
is in the Wilderness Area back away from the roads, either by backpacking back in or hiring someone to pack you back in.. The boundary of about 3/4 of the unit is the continental divide, if that tells you anything about the altitude and ruggedness of the unit..The bottom of the river valley is 9,000 feet and , of course, everything goes up from there.. BEAUTIFUL place, but one should be in shape to hunt it effectively..