Elk Glade

Elk Glade is the guest app for a 138-year working ranch and Colorado outfitter on the south slope of Pikes Peak, in GMU 59 near Victor and Cripple Creek. Check Elk Insights each morning, get to the ranch with no cell signal, plan your hunt and sign your release forms on your iPhone. ELK INSIGHTS A daily read on the ranch, made for hunters. • Elk Activity from 0 to 10 for the morning and the evening, with the top reasons under each score. It's an estimate from weather, rut phase and season pressure. It is not a count of elk. • Big-game legal hours at the ranch, to the minute, with a countdown. • The GMU 59 rut calendar: what the bulls are doing now and what comes next. • Wind and scent: hourly wind, the thermal clock and which way your scent drifts. • A 7-day outlook, and "How this is scored" with every factor and its sources. • A field log for bugles, elk seen and sign. It stays on your iPhone. • Morning briefings before first light, September 1 to November 30. Every alert is off until you turn it on. GET TO THE RANCH Phone maps send people the wrong way past The Broadmoor, and cell service drops after it. The Directions tab has its own turn-by-turn guidance for the back-road route to the ranch, and it runs on GPS with no signal. • Voice guidance with Jim's turn list and the miles from I-25 Exit 138, so you can follow his paper directions side by side. • A warning before the unmarked East Beaver turn, and a way back if you miss it. • Save the USGS topo map of the drive on Wi-Fi. It works in Airplane Mode. • Preview the whole drive before you leave home. • My trip: a travel-day plan built around sunset at the ranch, a readiness checklist and trip reminders. HUNTS AND THE RANCH • Guided elk hunts: archery, muzzleloader and rifle. Six nights, one guide for every two hunters. • Mule deer or black bear alongside elk on the Elk + Deer or Bear combo, or a deer voucher add-on when one is available. • Spring Merriam's turkey hunts. • A cattle drive day, moving a local rancher's cattle. • Half-day horseback rides, fly fishing for wild trout on three private miles of East Beaver Creek (fly only, catch and release), events and the ranch lodge, a restored miner's hotel more than 130 years old. Each one shows its seasons, what's included and how to book. Plan has CPW season dates, draw reminders, GMU 59 preference point cutoffs, packing lists and a sample hunt week. QUOTES AND QUESTIONS Build a quote for your party: pick the hunt or program, add-ons and dates. The ranch sends line-item pricing within two business days. Ask a question and we'll reply within a day. Or call or text Jim. RELEASE FORMS Sign the ranch's release on your iPhone. Read the full form, initial each marked paragraph and sign with your finger. An email code confirms it's you, and a signed copy comes to your inbox. A parent or guardian signs for anyone under 18. Then pass the phone to the next person in your party. No account. No sign-in. Nothing is sold in the app: hunts are booked by quote and deposit, and payment is arranged directly with the ranch. The cattle drive books through the ranch's online checkout. Questions? Call or text Jim at (303) 886-7642, or email admin@elkglade.com.