welcome, i am new here too.

i don't think i am hunting idaho this year, just not the elk numbers i m looking for. when you get to be an old broken down man like me oyu'll need lotsa elk to get a tag filled. lol.

loon creek, been there once or twice, steep, holy crappin crap steep. east of loon creek there is a valley that was pretty and held elk, it's due north of crimson lake, its been a bit so dont hold me to it but i think we got in there by loon creek or lake road, to grouse road, at the corner we packed in loon creek and swung into the other valley no idea the name, it was not full of elk but you could glass forever, i am an elk newbie still after 20 years i would not say i know elk but i have found over that time that elk feed on NE slopes, steep stuff, 20 degree and more, probably because they are wetter and have more food, when its a hot year they are in the thickest dark stuff oyu can find on these slopes, esp if meadows are below them, this valley i am thinking of was like that, also if it is a cold year i see more elk on the southern sides of slopes, being a deep wide valley you can glass both of these slopes and some meadow areas. if you are set to go why not try there, that valley is a whole season just to glass it.

no idea what the fires did there, or the gps location, this was pre-gps .
good luck and have a ball.