Rows of nostalgic, low-slung motor lodges rest on the aprons of towering mountains. A population just double that of the LSU ...

elk were reintroduced into the Cataloochee Valley in the state’s Haywood County, and the valley is perhaps now best known for elk in addition to its beautiful landscapes. Early morning and late ...

Elk were extirpated from North Carolina back ... when males bugle and spar for the attention of females. Cataloochee Valley, in the southeastern corner of the park, typically has the largest ...

That’s the latest announcement from the folks over at Sugar Mountain in Banner Elk. The ski area with ... shut everything down on March 22, 2025. Cataloochee also shut it down on March 22.

Over the decades since 52 elk were reintroduced to Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Cataloochee Valley in 2001 and 2002, wildlife biologists have longed for a statistically accurate count ...

This is when the elk are most active and vocal amidst the beautiful fall foliage. Our section of the park, Cataloochee Valley, is where the elk were reintroduced in 2001.” Meanwhile, both Davis ...

See the Cataloochee Valley’s elk and wildflowers. Another must-do on Blakely’s list? “Go to Cataloochee Valley to see the elk.” Reintroduced to the region in 2001, the elk can be seen in ...

In 2001 and 2002, 52 Manitoban elk were reintroduced to the Cataloochee valley in Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Today, the population has grown to an estimated 150 t0 200 elk, according to ...