Series: 52 Episodes

Program Length: half-hour (23:30 min)

Program Description:

In the open airy meadows in this high park, naturalist Sue Ellen Fast watches the fascinating ritual fighting and mating of elk which repeats itself every fall. As she climbs to higher and higher terrain, she explores how life has adapted to the ever harsher conditions of cold and wind. In the sub-alpine regions, there are tree islands of Englemann Spruce which provide shelter for the elk when they move up the mountain in summer. Above the tree line, life lies low to the ground, and small mammals scurry about preparing for winters. Here there are fabulous vistas of glacier-carved mountains, forest-covered moraines. A park interpreter shows her evidence of the elk runs used by aboriginal people to ambush elk.