A lost elk wandering the metro area on Monday visited homes in Lakewood, Denver and Englewood before being caught and relocated by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers.

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison lies to the southwest. The 260-acre ranch butts up against the West Elk Mountains, four miles east of the West Elk Wilderness, almost smack-dab in the middle of where ...

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison lies to the southwest. The 260-acre ranch butts up against the West Elk Mountains, four miles east of the West Elk Wilderness, almost smack-dab in the middle of where ...

After a day of hiking the Mill Castle Trail in the West Elk Mountains I had returned to the trailhead, tired but exhilarated by my immersion in fall in the West Elk Wilderness. I had been looking at ...

GUNNISON, Colo.— A Colorado judge today set a deadline for Gov. Jared Polis’ administration to draft an air quality permit for the West Elk coal mine and ordered a state agency to report progress to ...

I had been looking at and photographing aspen all day in the West Elk Wilderness, but the aspen at the trailhead had conspicuous growths that I had not previously noticed.

I hunted a couple of times with Carlton, who credited a 1983 Outdoor Life story about him — “Get Elk With A Turkey Call” — for his success. Once, sitting together in a sun-dappled aspen patch north of ...

The 260-acre ranch butts up against the West Elk Mountains, 4 miles east of the West Elk Wilderness, almost smack-dab in the middle of where gray wolves could be released this winter.