The Elkins Color Guard is part of the Elkins High School Band organization. The Color Guard, sometimes referred to simply as the "Guard", enhances the musical efforts of the band through visual performance. The Color Guard performs as the primary visual component of the Marching Band in the fall as part of its competitive field production. In the winter and early spring, the Elkins Color Guard prepares a competitive indoor production of its own, set to recorded music, in activity known as Winter Guard. The Elkins Winter Guard competes from late January to early April.