Taking on Lvl 60 Elites

I have just moved the team to Winterspring and started questing there. One quest Strange Sources took me all the way south to Dark Whisper Gorge. There I encountered my first level 60 elite Felguard and some level 60 elite Ice Giants. I was just about to turn around and head back when I thought I would just try and kill one or two of them. During most of my levelling I have been able to use the team to defeat single elites 5 levels higher than me. I have usually had to use everything I had to win but have been able to do it with the loss of one or two pets. This time around I was just burning through them and coping with the occasional add. It was great, and a far cry from the time I used to run the other way when I encountered an elite.