Hi There Sir! a long time ago in 2010 I embarked to Colorado for my buddy and I's first elk hunt. Here's the thing about the West with all the public land that anyone can access; people don't give out area's to random folks. In the east and midwest as you know, the land is mostly all private so even if you know the good counties, etc. you can't just come in on top of someone and hunt their woodlot, farm, pasture, crop field etc.
In the West though, if I told you that the road through Evergreen, CO has x draw that always has a herd of elk in it, you'd at least heavily consider it and 5-10 other dudes who don't comment here will also see it and consider/ go to try to find that area too. Since it's all public land anyone could go to whatever spot. Thats what makes America amazing, awesome and the best country in the world for sure! But it also comes at the cost that we can't just spout off about good areas freely on the internet. Most people who have good spots on public land had to put in miles on their truck, miles on their boots, time in the areas during hunting season over multiple seasons, etc. This is a years and years long thing. So to simply even tell someone the unit that you've found over many years circumvents this and threatens all of that effort.
With that said, I have only hunted Colorado 2 years and would easily imagine that the i70 corridor would not be the place I would start my map scouting/biologist calling/colorado wildlife data mining. A massive artery from the overpopulated Denver area to the Breckenridge area seems like it would simply be a zoo come elk season. Again I've never been there during hunting season but I can only imagine.
Good Luck and map scout and ask the biologist habitat questions about specifics you find on the topo/aerial maps.
