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<blockquote data-quote="Biggs300" data-source="post: 676691" data-attributes="member: 31342"><p>I'm an older hunter (61 yrs old) in good physical shape and I live in an area were the altitude is less than 1.300ft. Last year was my first experience at hunting at altitude in CO from 8,600ft to 10,300ft. If you are in good shape, spend more time doing more cardio to prepare. The one single thing that I was not prepared for was climbing and descending through aspen falls (dead aspen trees). In the areas where we hunted, there were massive areas of aspen falls at altitudes from 8,000 up to around 10,000 feet plus and I was unprepared. The trees fall in all directions and stack up on one another and you end up climbing over 3 to 5 feet of trees. While it makes for great cover while still hunting, it is a killer when trying to stalk elk. </p><p></p><p>As tough as it was last year, I'm going back this year. Get in shape, take it slow and you will do fine. Have fun!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Biggs300, post: 676691, member: 31342"] I'm an older hunter (61 yrs old) in good physical shape and I live in an area were the altitude is less than 1.300ft. Last year was my first experience at hunting at altitude in CO from 8,600ft to 10,300ft. If you are in good shape, spend more time doing more cardio to prepare. The one single thing that I was not prepared for was climbing and descending through aspen falls (dead aspen trees). In the areas where we hunted, there were massive areas of aspen falls at altitudes from 8,000 up to around 10,000 feet plus and I was unprepared. The trees fall in all directions and stack up on one another and you end up climbing over 3 to 5 feet of trees. While it makes for great cover while still hunting, it is a killer when trying to stalk elk. As tough as it was last year, I'm going back this year. Get in shape, take it slow and you will do fine. Have fun! [/QUOTE]
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