Depends on who gets to carry the rifle. If the horse is packing it in for you then sure, a nice 9 pound .338 WM would be just fine. If you are your own gun bearer and are a flat lander who isn't use to breathing thin air then that 7mm-08 ultra lite back in the hills beats any mega magnum back at the tent. When I was climbing around in those 8-10,000 foot mountains, I'd say to myself every morning, I really didn't need 10 cartridges yesterday and I'll bet that I could get by just as well today with only 6. Maybe pack my tiny pocket 10's instead of the 8x42's or just use the scope today. Weight matters.
My other auto is a .45
The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory
