Sun Mote Copse so you found another way

Before winter would fully hit, and before it would be too late - after all, there was no guarantee what spring would bring for him, and he wasn't confident he would be able to travel so far, then - Eljay decided to trek across the mountains one last time, to Wildfire's final resting place. He had told @Maia that he was going, and of course also @Chickadee, since he spent so much time helping out with his grandchildren. The mountains were difficult to traverse, but eventually Eljay had made it across.

It took him longer than it ever had — at least doubly as long as it had last time he moved from Sun Mote Copse to Redhawk Caldera — but eventually he arrived at the Copse. He smiled as it came into view, happy memories of Wildfire flooding his mind, of tiny Weejay and Elfie, but soon they were soured by the memories of Wildfire's untimely death, as well as his parents', and all of the months he wasted just laying around.

His mood was further soured by the sudden scents of wolves at the borders. He blinked, sniffed again to make sure he was right, but it was unmistakable. All this way he had come, many days lost and dangers faced, his body sore and stiff from it all, only to be stopped from visiting his former home by a border. Eljay let out a soft sigh, and he tipped his nose to the sky and called out. Afterwards, he stretched his sore muscles and sat down, waiting for someone to arrive. It didn't hit him until some time after his call that one of the scents was terribly familiar, in a distant sort of way. He couldn't quite figure out why, though; couldn't quite figure out it was the scent of @Towhee that he recongised, as it'd been so many years now.