You should be able to make it to .rainbow Lake in your rental. From Rainbow, you can access the trailhead and get back up into the Wilderness.

We used to hunt 3rd and 4th season over there, but always hunted lower. Around the 7 mile mark. There were always elk in Willow Creek, but it is a steep SOB and usually required taking the elk all the way down to the highway to get them out, or there is an old horse trail that we could get them out on. The last bull we killed down there took us two days to get out.

The last time I bow hunted the unit, I found elk at timberline.

Hope that helps.

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