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OUTDOORS IN 2017
Clockwise starting from upper left: John Prasuhn, cross country coach at Rocky Mountain High School, exits the water with team members at Horsetooth Reservoir during the Polar Bear Plunge Saturday, January 21, 2017. AUSTIN HUMPHREYS/THE COLORADOAN
A bison gives its neck a scratch on the hood of Dr. Jen Barfield's car at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area north of Fort Collins on June 28. The bison, introduced to a 1,000-acre pasture last year, have been flourishing with eight new calves this season. AUSTIN HUMPHREYS/THE COLORADOAN
Fresh snow covers Mt. Sneffels, rising 14,157 feet in elevation, above a patch of fall colors near Ridgway on Sept. 22. AUSTIN HUMPHREYS/THE COLORADOAN
Alex Bradford, from Benton, Arkansas, gets out to throw a fly at dawn, Sept. 20, at Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park. TIMOTHY HURST/THE COLORADOAN
A herd of elk travels along the side of the trail as a hiker makes his way up Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park on July 19. AUSTIN HUMPHREYS/THE COLORADOAN
A bull elk bugles in Moraine Park on Sept. 20 at Rocky Mountain National Park. TIMOTHY HURST/THE COLORADOAN