Colorado OTC Elk Units › Unit 35
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Unit 35 Elk Hunting, Colorado

Castle Peak, Eagle County, Central Colorado. Here's the terrain, access, and license picture, plus how to hunt it under pressure.

RegionCastle Peak, Eagle County, Central Colorado
Public landWhite River National Forest, interspersed with private land
Elevationroughly 6,200 to 11,200+ ft
2026 licenseConfirm the exact 2026 license type on the current CPW brochure before you buy.

The country

Low elevations are pinyon-juniper and sagebrush, mid elevations hold Douglas fir, aspen, grass meadows and sage, and north slopes and high country carry spruce-fir giving way to steep talus ridges.

Access and pressure

Private land blocks or complicates access in parts of the unit, so entry points into the public timber matter more than in wide-open units.

How to hunt Unit 35

Pin down legal public access first, then work the timbered north slopes and the sage-to-timber transition at first and last light where elk move between feed and cover.

Know the unit. Now find where the elk move.

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Terrain, forest, and elevation details are drawn from public land and habitat sources. License types change year to year, so always confirm a unit's current status and boundaries on the official Colorado Parks and Wildlife big game brochure before you buy. ScoutIQ forecasts are confidence-weighted, not guarantees.

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