Colorado · Elk Hunting Data

Colorado Elk Unit 80

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Colorado Game Management Unit 80.

Unit 80 is a study in vertical extremes: glacier-carved San Juan high country that vaults above 13,000 feet along the northern crest before tapering through aspen benches into oak-brush foothills near 6,800 feet, where elk winter when snow shuts the upper basins. Water is rarely the limiting factor here, with the Piedra, Los Pinos, and Vallecito drainages running reliably off deep snowpack, so we focus you on food, shade, and the mid-September downhill shift onto 9,000 to 10,500 foot benches. The pack delivers Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access, plus a one-page Essential Recon summary. Study the unit on our interactive map, then export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.
424
Total Elk Spotted
29
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Colorado Elk Unit 80 boundary map
Unit 80 boundary within Colorado · orange area is covered by this Data Pack

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The Colorado - Elk Data Pack gives you a full year of access to the heat map that shows where the animals actually are: detailed hot zones, GPS coordinates, and unit-by-unit hotspots for every Colorado Elk unit, including Unit 80. Study the unit on the heat map and export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting app.

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How this data was collected

Data Hunt Guide aggregates publicly available sighting reports from across the web (social media, hunting forums, harvest reports, and trail-camera shares) and uses a proprietary algorithm to identify high-activity zones (hotspots) within each unit. Our team verifies coordinates manually before publication.