Anyone who been in or around Estes Park come September knows to prepare for sudden and frequent stops due to massive Elk populations littering the streets, sidewalks, and parking lots all around town.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As a crowd of onlookers gathered on a bike path along a nine-hole golf course in Estes Park on a brisk morning in late September, Rodney Ford peered through ...

ESTES PARK • In an aspen-lined meadow crowned by the regal peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park, a bull elk raises his snout to the setting sun. It’s a tell-tale sign of the sound Coloradans long for ...

When humans fall into a rut, it’s understood that our lives have become routine and boring. When a road becomes rutted, overuse in wet conditions have resulted in a dangerous drive. But if you’re a ...

As summer draws to a close and autumn comes rolling in, many of us humans start to think about slowing down and heading inside for cozy evenings and big sweaters. This is not the case however, for the ...

ESTES PARK, Colo. — The elk mating period has begun in Colorado. Starting Sept. 1, Rocky Mountain National Park officials institute their annual closures to prevent disturbance and harassment of elk ...

A woman received a rude lesson in wildlife safety at Estes Park recently, when she wandered too close to a bull elk during rutting season. The visitor tried to sneak past the animal, which was clearly ...

Elk rutting season in Colorado may be drawing to a close for the year, but as one man recently proved, hikers aren't out of the woods yet in elk country. A recently circulated video shows the ...