I was looking into the same area last year and from the responses I got here and my research it sounds like its pretty steep ground in there however it does get a lot of traffic especially at the trail heads as usually. Other than hunters though there are a lot of hikers in the unit especially when the aspen's are changing color and with the "castles" formation in the unit. I ended up going somewhere else but wish you the best of luck, the stats show the elk are in there.
Also you mentioned packing in farther than everyone else, there are trailheads on almost every side of this unit so you might have to worry about meeting others from different trailheads. Also there were a few guides in the area as well as horse trailers on google maps. Not an expert so take this with a grain of salt, but hunt smarter rather than harder. Others have some good advice in this post. Good luck