Colorado · Elk Hunting Data

Colorado Elk Unit 86

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Colorado Game Management Unit 86.

Custer and Fremont county elk hunters know Unit 86 as a study in extremes: the Sangre de Cristo Mountains rise in one near continuous escarpment off the Wet Mountain Valley floor, gaining 5,000 to 6,000 feet in just a few horizontal miles to a crest above 14,000. That vertical stack drives everything, from the sage and Gambel oak benches near Westcliffe (around 7,800 feet) up through Douglas-fir and aspen to alpine tundra, watered by perennial creeks pouring off the range and by Grape Creek down the valley. Our data pack maps it all: 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.
562
Total Elk Spotted
40
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Colorado Elk Unit 86 boundary map
Unit 86 boundary within Colorado · orange area is covered by this data pack

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The Colorado - Elk Data Pack includes detailed heat maps, GPS coordinates, and unit-by-unit hotspots for every Colorado Elk unit, including Unit 86. Study the unit on our interactive map and export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.

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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.