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Wildlife encounters

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Drail
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I haven't encountered too much wildlife while skiing... I've seen the odd rabbit. Once I was following a rabbit for a good 4 or 5 seconds while at speed in the trees... Makes you wonder what that rabbit was thinking, eh?

My main reason for creating this thread though - a few years ago, I saw a moose inbounds. we were on the catcher run near the bottom when this moose came running up the beginner runs, across the catcher run (cat track) and up into a gladded run.

How crazy would that be? skiing along at the ski hill thinking "tree, tree, tree, MOOSE!, tree". sure wouldn't want to accidentally hit the moose.

anyone see any out of the ordinary wildlife? a bear would be super crazy? a cougar? mountain goat? wolverine?
Mar 5 2010 9:37PM
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Eric.S
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I was skiing some un touched glades and was sitting there putting my ipod away becuase I was getting into a little deeper terrain and steeper. Look up and 20 feet away a bear was walking past me. I kinda made some noise just so it saw me and wasnt alarmed when I flew past it. Kinda really cool.
Mar 5 2010 9:49PM
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VT_scratch
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PORCUPINE!!!
Mar 5 2010 9:54PM
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Milksteak
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Two dear ran through the park and one of them took a tumble and rolled for a good 30 feet. Twas hilarious,
Mar 5 2010 9:54PM
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griffin.paisley
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there sooooo big its scary
Mar 5 2010 10:00PM
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jca
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a squirrel ran between my legs on Dale's trail on monday.  I thought I was going to kill the poor thing.
Mar 5 2010 10:03PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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many a black birds, the occasional chipmunk atop a pillow BUT NO OTHER WILD LIFE SEEN ME MATTIES ! EVER
Mar 5 2010 10:04PM
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m_nova
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was skiing home through the trees and came across these 2 mooses? (meese?)   within 6 feet

super sketchy

Mar 5 2010 10:38PM
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gnarles.
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seen tons of dear at grouse and podwer mt i went catskiing and we stop and regroup and there is a trees beside us and it was ripped to shreds and i asked my guid about it and he said every one pisses on it and cougar or bear marked its teratory
Mar 5 2010 10:42PM
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J-Evs
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porcupine.
and hundreds of thousands of jillions of squirrels
Mar 5 2010 10:43PM
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Max-Steeze
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last season at grouse mtn, i was going up the lift and i noticed this massive raven digging in the snow right below the lift so i kept on watching him and the raven pulled out a oh henry bar and flew off with it hahah
Mar 5 2010 10:47PM
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Blurst
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bears hibernate during ski season!

I have seen porcupine and racoons but thats it.
Mar 5 2010 10:49PM
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iannelson
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My friends and i caught a baby ground squirrel, it was the most awesome moment of my life. We named him Clive.
Mar 5 2010 10:56PM
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kvan
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lol i would shit my pants if i was skiing fresh pow in the trees and a wolverine poped out
Mar 5 2010 11:02PM
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I.Love.Beezy
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i saw tom wallisch. does that count. they're quite rare
Mar 5 2010 11:04PM
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psizzle
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^ 8/

one time i saw a mouse
Mar 5 2010 11:35PM
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hoodratz47
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one time at bacholer me and 4 other guys were skiing a line in the northwest terrorty... and we all skied by this chick pooping.....      thats all i got. laughed all my way down.
Mar 5 2010 11:39PM
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.jesus.
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just moose you saw two moose 
Mar 6 2010 12:00AM
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panojibber
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I saw a rabbit drop into a 22' superpipe once. Almost made it all the way up the other side, came within a foot of making it back out.

I've seen bears, moose, deer, mountain goats in the mountains while driving to and from where I ski out of.
Mar 6 2010 12:10AM
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hue.
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there where some deer feeding on the grass on the side of the cut, god damn this ski season is great
Mar 6 2010 12:13AM
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paige.
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I saw a lynx underneath the gondola at whistler once, don't think i'd want to meet him while skiing. also saw one once about 8m from my friend's first floor balcony staying in whistler.
other that that a mouse...
Mar 6 2010 12:14AM
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kris.....
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while out grooming at night iv seen moose, cougars, a couple of lynx, deer, rabits, foxes, cyotes. u see alot more at night with the lights from the snow cat then you would ever think.
Mar 6 2010 12:15AM
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mode2n
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I would shit myself if any animal like that popped out. A cougar would be fucking terrifying lol
Mar 6 2010 2:26AM
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I_Am_Mod
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saw my 3rd ermine (stoat) this year!

also saw a mountain goat, some rabbits, squirrels, wild cat, ....
Mar 6 2010 3:43AM
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djty111
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seen some moose, fox,ect. this is who you realy dont wana see.. (shots from TGR member from Wyoming)

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Mar 6 2010 3:59AM
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Parkboy
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back when i was in high school i built a rail and wanted to try it out but none of my friends could go so i drove up to this hill by myself with it in the evening. had a good little session until i was hiking back up i noticed there were bunch of big ass cougar prints in the snow right in front of me that i hadn't seen the whole time. I looked around and those prints happened to be all over the place. So i'm like all right ill hit it a few more times and go. Well what do you know, one of the times I was hiking back up not much later i spot this cougar just calmly cruising through the trees higher up on the hill above me. I skied down to my car which was about 100 ft. away, got in and looked back up but never saw it again.

i always think about that day and think that there is no possible way that i saw him first which creeps me out but i guess he was just cruising minding his own business, i feel like if he had any interest in me i wouldn't have seen him. i honestly think a lot of times these animals at the top of the food chain could not give a fuck about you. my girlfriends dad last year was taking a piss outside his office at their place in the woods at night and said a huge cougar walked straight by him only 10 ft. away and didn't even look at him or acknowledge he was there in any way, just calmly strolled away into the woods.
Mar 6 2010 4:35AM
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PeterWojnar
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Springtime in Tahoe, when the bears come out of hibernation, you can spot them all over. I saw two cubs raiding a dumpster off to the edge of the cat maintenance shop at Alpine Meadows a few years ago. Last year, I saw a big bear (scary big) about 50 feet away from me in the edges of Granite Chief at Squaw. Needless to say, I admired it for a few seconds, then booked it after making sure it hadn't taken notice (or at least interest) of me. In the unofficially dubbed Deer Camp area of Alpine Meadows, I've seen ... Wait for it... Deer on several occaisions, and other than that, I've seen birds (who hasn't) and squirrels. No possums or tortillas or anything like that, though...
Mar 6 2010 4:40AM
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sick-as-aids
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holy cow F dat shit nigger thatd be so scary!
Mar 6 2010 4:46AM
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selkirks
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Moose, deer, bald eagles and other birds, various burrowing animals (i.e. marmots, etc.). Nothing too huge though.
Mar 6 2010 4:56AM
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[BRI]noceros
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if you mean huge as in size then you are mistaken, moose are giant
Mar 6 2010 6:50AM
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.frenchy
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opposome(?)
Mar 6 2010 8:13AM
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Hakkalugi
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Couple squirrels and munks. On our way home from the canyons we saw a mountain lion and a bunch of mountain goats. cougars are BIG and scary as shit. On my mountain bike I have ran into so many bears its not even funny. any bear will attack you (black bears included)...
Mar 6 2010 10:15AM
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Jahseph.
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opossum.


Mar 6 2010 10:32AM
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Karma_Police
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One of my buddies was traversing by himself and a moose and her baby were running up the traverse and we were like 4 feet away from it, we just unclicked and slowly started stepping back, also they are more dangerous than bears. They kill/injure more people in Alaska than black and brown(grizzles) combined, specifically cows and there young, which we ran into. Probably the scariest moment I have ever had skiing.
Mar 6 2010 10:39AM
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jeremy.g
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even though i know this guy would absolutely tear me apart, he looks so damn cuddly
Mar 6 2010 11:11AM
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skibikeclambake
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was hiking and  came accross a black  bear and her two cubss, that was scary.

last  summer i was in my yard late at night when a fisher cat showed up. booked it in the house with my dog. those things are vicious.

seen several moos before, but im from maine, so not a big deal/.

Mar 6 2010 11:27AM
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I.Love.Beezy
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omg that couger looks like it would remove my testicles through my ears
Mar 6 2010 1:06PM
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Zump.
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my old science teacher's mom found what she thought was a stray cat. after a few months, it got bigger, and bigger, and bigger. turns out, she got a baby cougar. It still lives with her. pretty sweet
Mar 6 2010 1:20PM
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sick-as-aids
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ditto id like to cuddle that thing on a cold night
Mar 6 2010 5:21PM
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Notorious_LMP
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last summer when i took a trip down to chile one of the days it dumped like 2 feet. it was close to the end of the day and None of my friends really wanted to go back out so i decided id take one more run off the top and call it a day. i got to the top and traversed to a mellow line with about a foot and a half of fresh snow. i started the run making some nice turns and i get about half way down and i look to my right and theres a cayote running in the snow next to me. i was shocked at first and turned left a little and slowed down. i came to a stop and the cayote ran up behind me in my tracks. it was about 5 feet from me, tail wagging tounge open and was compleatly harmless. i continued my run and it followed me all the way back to the lift. But for about 50 yards i was shredding thigh deep pow and the cayote was running right next to me, as if he was enjoying this as much as i was. easily one of the sicker moments of my life.

Mar 6 2010 5:49PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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Either this story is total bullshit or it was like May.
Mar 6 2010 5:53PM
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skibikeclambake
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Not entirely true. Depending on the weather that winter, they can come out of hibernation early.
Mar 6 2010 6:00PM
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The_Cube
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i seen a moose, it was awsome
Mar 6 2010 6:06PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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Read the post, he said he was riding an untouched glade. Meaning it's gotten a lot of snow...which is something bears hate.
Mar 6 2010 6:08PM
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I_Am_Mod
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unless ofcourse it was a polarbear....
Mar 6 2010 7:15PM
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fatherb
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i've a moose, and one time a mouse ran across the trail when i was skiing
Mar 6 2010 8:45PM
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skibikeclambake
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or unless, there was a midwinter thaw that create a false spring that brought the bears out of hibernation and they were forced to walk through the snow...
Mar 6 2010 9:09PM
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skithesouth
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iv nvr experianced any wild animals while skiing but i hav been skiing with my drunk aunt, now thats some wildlife right there!!
Mar 6 2010 9:13PM
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deathcookie
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When I went to copper, while waiting in line birds would land on our hands if we held them up.  I guess they wanted food.  Also, last year a mouse ran across the trail and a kid I know sliced it in half with his edge.
Mar 6 2010 9:19PM
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skibikeclambake
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she must be a cougar
Mar 6 2010 9:24PM
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PagesHouse
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Holy crap! Is that mountain lion at your house?!
Mar 6 2010 10:58PM
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