Back Early...Dang it

[MtnMike2]

Dan,
I hunted RNF not too far from Steamboat Lake SP. Started snowing Sat eve as soon as I started to gut my elk. Snowed all night, maybe 3" or so then warmed up the next morning. We got snow, rain, sleet on Sun. Lots of mud. Monday morn was a solid freeze, maybe 15 degrees F. Had to hold a candle under my boot laces to get em plyable.
I'm sure you did the right thing. If you were higher / it was a little colder, all that precip on Sun would have been snow and it would have been a lot.
My truck was at about 8500'. I left by a different route than I came in to avoid massive mud pits.
If you're not hunting deer in another season, there's always next year.

mike m