DENVER (KDVR) — Portions of Rocky Mountain National Park closed Sunday for the elk rut season, protecting visitors from the fall mating season and protecting elk from harassment. The elk rut is ...

Rocky Mountain National Park is a popular choice to see and hear elk bugling during the fall mating season. But you can have your elk and taffy, too, in Estes Park. If you don't want to hassle ...

Rocky Mountain National Park has closed some areas to visitors due to the elk rut. The closures are in effect daily beginning Friday from 5 p.m. to 10 a.m. the next morning. The closed areas are ...

A cow, or female elk, chews on some grass on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo. Elk are part of the deer, or Cervidae, family. But according to Colorado Parks and ...

Come fall, it's difficult to determine if elk bugling is Robin and aspen viewing Batman or the other way around in Rocky Mountain National Park. Aspen still have a week or two to shine so until ...

Rocky Mountain National Park will put the park’s annual meadow closures into effect Sunday to prevent the disturbance and harassment of elk during their fall mating season. Meadow ...

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 ...

Rocky Mountain National Park is home to herds of elk and bighorn sheep, but it also has a population of mountain lions and black bears. Although attacks are very rare, the National Park Service ...