While this cow is considered extremely rare, this isn’t the first time a piebald elk has been spotted in Colorado. In 2023, during a classification flight, a Montrose-area CPW wildlife biologist ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife spotted a rare kind of elk during a big game classification flight this week. According to CPW, the elk had a trait that only occurs in about 1 out of every 100,000.

Piebald squirrels aren’t albinos, which have a total lack of pigment in their coats, skin and eyes. Albino squirrels are completely white and have eyes that appear red or pink. Piebalds have ...

The town of Estes Park is home to upwards of 3,000 elk, so interactions with wildlife occur daily. If you are lucky enough to catch a rare glimpse of this piebald cow, be sure to give her lots of ...

A 1 in 100,000 rare piebald elk was spotted in Estes Park in 2025. (CPW/Wayne D. Lewis) A 1 in 100,000 rare piebald elk was spotted in Estes Park in 2025. (CPW/Wayne D. Lewis) ...