The elk are bugling, and photos of herds in and around Estes Park have been popping up on social media, heralding the arrival of the annual mating ritual known as the rut. The rut is one of the ...

Folks in Estes Park have a word for visitors who get too ... In addition to ranger staff, the park has a group of 65 volunteers called the Elk Bugle Corps, who station themselves in elk-viewing ...

“Every day our Estes Park Emergency Communications Center ... Do not imitate an elk call, or bugle, when elk are irritable during the rut. This can endanger you and the elk.