Hey all, first post here, but I've been reading for some time now. Obviously there is a lot of good experience here, so I thought I would pose a question.

I have a buddy who's Dad and brother live in CO, and they have invited me to go on my first Elk hunt with them (not this fall, but next, cause my buddy, who is also going, needs a little extra time to buy his gear and save a little money).

I normally hunt the woodsey hills of WV with my old Marlin 35 rem, so I'm also using it as an excuse to buy a new rifle , probably either gonna get a 7 mag or 30.06, and soon, so I can get good and comfortable with it by next year, and use it hunting whitetail here this fall.

My question is, can anyone give some good suggestions on what gear I should take with me? My bud's dad has hunted from the same camp (forget the area exactly, but it's a little west of the divide) for over 20 years, and he is sending me a list sometime in the future, but I thought I would ask here, just for second opinions, or things he may forget to tell me. Our camp is right at 10,000 feet, and they go in late Oct/early Nov. I don't have to worry about some things, because they already have stuff they use every year.

Oh, yeah...they use pack horses, but we still have to walk in (and up), I believe he said its about a 5 mile hike. I've already started running a few days a week, and gonna start hiking some of our hills soon, trying to get in shape for it (another good thing about the trip, a reason to exercise more). I know the elevation will be tough, the highest we have around here is only about 3500 feet, but there's not much I can do about that.

Anyway, sorry so long for my first post, and any gear advice would be appreciated.