In early January, climbers saw a distressed bull elk caught in a climbing rope. The elk’s antlers were tangled in the rope as it was lying in the snow, unable to leave. After seeing the elk ...

A group of ice climbers came across an unusual sight on a Colorado mountain, photos show. A massive bull elk was tangled in an old climbing rope on an ice wall, photos posted to Colorado Parks and ...

(AP) — Wildlife officials and several climbers rescued a bull elk by lowering it down a cliff after the animal became entangled in a rope at a popular ice climbing area in southwestern Colorado.