• Hikers on Granite Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park/NPS photo by John Marino

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Volunteers Teaching Visitors About Rut

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Elk Bugle Corps volunteers teach visitors about the rut.
Photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Did You Know?

a photo of climbers on Longs Peak

The oldest person to summit Longs Peak was Rev. William Butler, who climbed it on September 2, 1926, his 85th birthday. In 1932, Clerin “Zumie” Zumwalt summited Longs Peak 53 times.