The last couple years I’ve been up there in August and September tons of elk and awesome country to be in. I mainly hiked in on Crow lake way and union creek trail. Crow lake way trail is uphill and switchbacks for the first 4mi and found the first spring a little over 4.5mi we hit the ridge line to the east and got into great elk country. Union creek takes you through the bottom we normally head up the north fork there’s quite a bit of blowdown and there really isn’t much of a trail left past the second falls heading into the north fork. Once you start hiking out of the bottom it starts to open up and gives you spots to glass. I’d keep an eye on the weather it can definitely be a factor up there and packing out is no joke. Hope this helps congrats on the tag!