This picturesque town near a Colorado national park brims with culture and activity and is only steps away from amazing hikes and other mountain adventures.

An 8-year-old girl was riding her bike in Estes Park on May 30 when a cow elk 60 yards away charged at her and stomped her, and a 4-year-old boy was attacked by a cow elk Monday while playing on a ...

A cow elk attacked a 4-year-old boy at the Stanley Park playground in Estes Park on Monday afternoon, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said on Tuesday. This is the second cow elk attack on a young ...

The 4-year-old boy was playing at a playground in Estes Park around 1:30 p.m. Monday when a cow elk "suddenly charged and stomped on him multiple times," Colorado Parks and Wildlife ...

The genetic trait only occurs in about one in 100,000 elk. The town of Estes Park is home to upwards of 3,000 elk, so interactions with wildlife occur daily.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are warning Estes Park visitors and residents of aggressive cow elk after one attacked a 4-year-old boy in the second such incident in less than a week.

Hart Van Denburg/CPR News Visitors to Estes Park on Saturday, October 23, 2021, were able to see a herd of elk at very close quarters.

The woman apparently startled a cow elk and her calf, which later was spotted nearby. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the cow elk charged the woman from about 20 yards away.

The Estes Park area, including Rocky Mountain National Park, is home to about 2,000 elk. About half of those elk migrate in late fall and early winter to the west side of Loveland from Masonville ...

Estes Park saw an “unprecedented” number of elk attacks that within a cluster of days sent three people — two of them children — to the hospital. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife said ...

Van Hoose said the agency doesn't keep track of elk attacks on humans but is something it is looking at tracking in the future. However, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, from 1990 to 2023 ...

Signs warning of aggressive elk were placed around Estes Park after a cow elk with a newborn attacked an 8-year-old girl on May 30, 2024. (Colorado Parks and Wildlife) ...