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A band of elk on a golden hillside below the spruce at Elk Glade

Pikes Peak · Since 1888

Hunt elk.
Move cattle.
Fish private water.

A working ranch on the south slope of Pikes Peak, an hour from Colorado Springs.

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1888
Founded
2,100
Family-owned acres
25,000+
Leased acres
GMU 59
Hunt unit

On the ranch · Guided hunts

Hunting

Embark on a hunting experience like no other, deep in the East Beaver Wilderness area. Surrounded by rugged peaks and dense forest, our guided hunts offer an opportunity to pursue elk, mule deer, and other game in one of Colorado’s most breathtaking and bountiful regions. Whether you're a seasoned hunter or new to the sport, our knowledgeable guides provide expert tracking, safety, and field dressing support to ensure a successful and ethical harvest. This is more than a hunt — it’s a respectful connection to the land, the wildlife, and a tradition as old as the mountains themselves.

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Two hunters with a bull elk in a green meadow below the aspens and spruce at Elk Glade

On the ranch · On horseback

Cattle Drives

We invite you to enjoy a memorable adventure, complete with herding cattle on horseback — all while taking in the crisp mountain air and views of pristine canyon land. Founded in 1888, the property spans 2,100 pristine acres within the largest roadless canyon system between Wyoming and New Mexico (The Gazette, 2002). Ranch headquarters is a mining camp hotel that was built in 1900 and was later disassembled by ranch hands and moved from the mining ghost town to its present site. Today, guests can enjoy the adventure and excitement of this historical landmark.

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Two riders pushing a herd of black cattle across a mountain meadow at Elk Glade

Plan a visit

Tell us what brings you here.

Three sides of Elk Glade. Pick the closest fit, give us a window and a party size, and we’ll route this to the right team.

What kind of trip

We’ll reply within a day, usually faster during business hours.

Choose your day

Four ways to spend a week with us.

Each path lands at a real place — the 100-yard sight-in range, the chuckwagon stop on the upper aspen, the dock on East Beaver Creek, the porch at the ranch lodge. Pick a starting point.

The country around the ranch is the largest wildlife corridor between New Mexico and Wyoming on the Colorado Front Range — a vast, largely roadless block of BLM, USFS, state, and private land. Colorado Parks & Wildlife recognized its conservation value with a grant to Elk Glade for protecting exactly this corridor. The only road in is the one the ranch built.

Videos

Videos from the ranch.

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Before you book

Start with the field guide.

Some of the most complete elk and ranch references on the web — written from 138 years on the same canyon. Read first; book when you’re ready.

Elk · field guide

Everything elk.

Subspecies, antlers, the bugle, diet, habitat, behavior, elk vs deer, elk vs moose. The complete Cervus canadensis reference — nine deep pages.

Hunting · guides

Plan the hunt.

The Colorado draw, success rates, real costs, best states compared, rut timing, calling, how to choose an outfitter. 25+ field-grounded guides.

Ranch · vacation

A real ranch week.

Working-ranch life on a 138-year ranch — cattle drives, lodge stays, horseback, private fly water, family weeks. Not a dude ranch.

What’s on the calendar

Coming up at the ranch.

Specific 2026 and 2027 windows we’re holding open. Tag windows fill 8–10 months out; cattle drive windows fill faster.

Don’t see a date that fits? We hold private windows for groups and families year-round.

Ask about other dates

From the guest book

What people write home about.

A rotating set from our recent guests. See the full archive →

I look forward to hunting at Elk Glade in future years, and think that all of the guys in our hunting party feel the same. Andre and the crew ran the camp like a family business.
Father + son, Iowavia TripAdvisor

Father-son rifle elk hunt · Fall 2024

The elk glade hunt was everything I wanted — your property was beautiful and we had great encounters with many nice bulls. I enjoyed learning about the history of the property, too.
Mark D.via Direct

5x5 bull · GMU 59 · Rifle 2nd · Fall 2024

Guests riding in an open vintage Jeep on a ranch two-track at Elk Glade
A gray-muzzled Great Dane at the August barn dance
A bride's lace dress and cowboy boots at a ranch wedding
A young guest with a sunflower tucked in her braid at the barn dance
An old rancher in a cowboy hat smiling on the lodge porch
A cowboy in a red rocker under the flag on the lodge porch
Guests talking by the lodge's stone wall on a summer evening
A string of riders heading up the meadow on a guided trail ride

iPhone app

Get the Elk Glade app.

The ranch on your iPhone, including the stretch of road where your phone loses signal.

  • Directions with no signal. Offline turn-by-turn to the ranch past the last cell signal, with a warning before the unmarked East Beaver turn.
  • Elk Insights. A morning and evening elk activity outlook, the GMU 59 rut calendar and big-game legal hours.
  • Your trip. Plan your travel day with your party’s trip code and sign your release forms before you arrive.
  • The ranch, on hand. Quotes and messages to Jim, ranch videos and the journal.
iPhone app · coming soon to the App Store