Patchy snow on the north slopes above 9,000 feet. Knee deep in places above timberline on the north slopes and most south facing slopes are melted above timberline. Small bucks are showing up in the lower ranges and the does are stacked up in the quakie zone. Elk are really buggered and holing up. More storms expected this week.
Slightly cooler than average fall with above average precipitation but nothing yet like the heavy snows that resulted in the "Great Third Season Slaughter of 2002."
