Anyone have some good meal ideas for back country elk hunt?

Yall have pack horses im assuming?

If so, you can vac pac and freeze a bunch of stuff to tote to camp. Chilli, gumbo, jambalaya, basically whatever you want. Everything not freeze dried is delicious on the mountain. I would try to stick to calorie dense meals so you get the most mileage per pound of shite you bring.

I've never eaten more than one real meal a day while hunting in the mountains. We never eat much.

Buddy, if you have a black iron pot, a knife, and access to clean water, chances are you could tow it in most of the ingredients for a lot of Cajun cooking.

Rice is very light. Flower is very light. Beans are very light. Dehydrated onion and peppers are very light. Dehydrated tomato powder, also very light.

If you bring those things and a little bit of fat, and have access to any kind of small game, you could basically host a Louisiana tailgate

How many people ?
Cajun fry pastalaya mix is easy quick one that only needs some chicken, sausage and water and feeds 4-5 people .
Peaks freeze dried meals for one night.
Canned ragu and spaghetti with ground meat for one night.
A onion and bellpepper and some tortillas and a piece of steak and cheese will make some jam of fajitas
Potatoes,smoked sausage, onions smothered down in a skillet.
Just bring garlic powder, olive oil, Tony’s,and butter
All of those are less than 30min Meals
And if you are cooking for yourself you will be so tired that it will taste like heaven.
Bring extra tortillas and peanut butter and jelly for high carb wraps for snacks in the field.

Good to hear...maybe we'll get one.

I have an outfitter packing us in to a drop camp already set up but then we are on our own. We haven't hunted the flat tops before but have hunted near there as well as other parts of Colorado and wyoming...Craig, Montrose, Meeker, Pinedale, etc.

Right now I'm thinking some cold cuts on ice for the first couple days then chili with fritos as well as a few of the ideas listed here for the rest of the time.

Steak and potatoes would be another good option for dinner. Probably looking at cereal bars and crackers for breakfast and lunch.