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Animal encounters skiing??

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Crehm
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Surfers have sharks, wakeboarders have alligators, skiiers have...?

At least in SE michigan the scariest thing i have run into was a skunk on the ski hill at night, have you guys had any sweet animal encounters on the slopes??
Oct 22 2011 9:02PM
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rudager
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Ptarmigans, hares, and whiskey jacks
Oct 23 2011 3:39AM
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Crehm
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I can't imagine how scary it would be to see a freaking mountain lion on the hill. I guess that is one benefit of living in MI
Oct 23 2011 8:46AM
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Dr.Newschoolers
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I saw a mouse and then there was this tree one time that got in my way...
Oct 23 2011 8:49AM
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I_Am_Mod
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i once skied over a frog ....

also gems or chamois and alpine ibex and lots of marmots in spring ...
Oct 23 2011 8:51AM
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Bock
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Oh my god!! I just hit a f***ing turkey!!
Oct 23 2011 9:04AM
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Jpurd
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If I saw a pack of wolfes or a mtn lion or deer I would probably be scared


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Oct 23 2011 9:12AM
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Dr.Newschoolers
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nah just get in the backseat and bomb
Oct 23 2011 9:17AM
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.RYAN66
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i was riding the lift up after a comp and saw my dad skiing,

next thing i know there is a heard of deer walking across the trail, it was maybe the funniest thing i have ever seen when he saw those deer and tried swerving around them.

i really thought i was going to be eating deer that night, since he was bombing that run, good thing his edges were nice and sharp i guess.


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Oct 23 2011 9:19AM
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gnartogue
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saw a mother bear and her two cubs last spring at squaw
Oct 23 2011 9:48AM
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GNARwalls
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i've seen a fox a few times and a bear once
Oct 23 2011 10:07AM
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squawshredder
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I almost his a moose family while tree skiing by myself in Jackson, shit was scary


and in squaw we always see marmots in the spring and try to throw snowballs at them
Oct 23 2011 12:29PM
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james6345789
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I once saw a deer that was a good 75 yard away. Not skiing, but one time I was mountain biking, and a deer jumped out less than 10 feet in front of me.
Oct 23 2011 12:43PM
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McFellon
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I hit grouse flew up and hit me in the face. It was just sitting in the hole around the base of a tree, and BAM. I fell down afterwards I was so startled.
Oct 23 2011 2:18PM
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mikemac
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bears and marmots in whistler but back east one time when i was younger a squirrel ran right under my ski on a xcut and i killed him. it was pretty sad he was twitching
Oct 23 2011 2:27PM
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rareison
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Wasn't that Eye Trip? And I've ran over a squirrel on accident, fucked up it's tail.
Oct 23 2011 2:45PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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i fucked a goat in my basement, and i keep my ski stuff in the same room so it pretty much counts.
Oct 23 2011 2:47PM
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rareison
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Oh and not really while I was skiing, but related to skiing. Me and my roommates (ORDEAL) were chilling in our dorm, and we had the living room window open. A black bear walks right up, almost sticks his head inside, and is just sitting right outside our window. It was cool.
Oct 23 2011 2:50PM
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afterbang_me
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me too! and coyotes at northstar

Oct 23 2011 3:14PM
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EmperorKuzco
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similar to what happened in the TC episode except i was hauling down a groomer at Killington (Upper Dream Maker) to get to the park and this massive bird flies into my arms while I'm straight shooting the trail, probably one of the most surprising moments in my life.
Oct 23 2011 4:16PM
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Spillway_East
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i went out to jackson hole for a week and a moose was blocking an x-cut we were on.
Oct 23 2011 6:17PM
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Pool.
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saw a pack of wolves/coyotes under a chairlift at my mountain
Oct 23 2011 6:19PM
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Darth.Maul
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I did a sw 7 to moose tap last year. Stupid pussy moose didn't know what shit just went down cause I afterbanged so hard afterward.
Oct 23 2011 10:48PM
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Alex.B
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literally thousands of butterflies in july skiing timber line. I did my best to avoid them on the way down. 
Oct 23 2011 10:59PM
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Bumblesteeze
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One time I was watching this mouse run across this one run, it was really funny.
I've seen a few rabbits too...
nothing too exciting.
Oct 23 2011 11:45PM
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.brian
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hiking through woods one time, and a moose popped out 20 feet in front of me. I got the fuck out of there.
Oct 23 2011 11:52PM
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gaper-raper
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Theres some marmotsat the mountain i go to and after it snows about 5cm or so you can see there footprints from the night before. Some of the paths they take to et back to there burrow just would not make sense if they were sober
Oct 24 2011 12:03AM
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TM_LoCo
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snow bunnies....i run in to a lot of them
Oct 24 2011 12:29AM
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J.S.
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Probably a marmot.
Oct 24 2011 12:37AM
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pbandj
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saw a bear earning some turns in the kirkwood back country a few weeks ago, saw a moose at mount snow last year, a few coyotes at mammoth, some mountain goats in CO. it goes on. you tend to see a lot of wild life, once you get off the beaten path of the resorts.
Oct 24 2011 12:47AM
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washparkdub
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The Yeti?
Oct 24 2011 10:49AM
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Mr.Turtle
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if it was off mountain if only counts if it was anal, which i suspect it was. kudos to you sir
Oct 24 2011 10:57AM
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herm0045
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i was stopped on an empty run and this bird landed on me and just chilled there.. fucking random.
Oct 24 2011 11:13AM
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SwitchMisty540
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i've seen bears in ny in the spring and coyotes in the summer at whistler.  oh and i've also seen a bunch of porcupines in trees too....they are pretty sweet
Oct 24 2011 11:21AM
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Anders_N
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You are all wrong, ostriches are obviusly the born skiing animals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmIqavhdaig

Oct 24 2011 11:22AM
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nagelthebagel
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Unicorns always trip me out while skiing....
Oct 24 2011 11:45AM
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Milksteak
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A deer ran through Sugarbush's park when we were lapping one time. Many lols.
Oct 24 2011 11:50AM
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.frenchy
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Porcupine spring skiing in CT

and a small mouse where i strapped in on my snowboard.

Oct 24 2011 11:55AM
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EC-Skier
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i was skiing at Brighton, on Here be dragons, and i had to stop quickly in order to not hit a weasel haha. The snow from my stop hit it and it tumbled down and then scampered away.
Oct 24 2011 11:56AM
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little_boo
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There is a porcupine who lives under Gadzoom at the Bird...
His name is Chewy
Oct 24 2011 12:02PM
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Mr.Huck
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Snow Snake, FTW!!!

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I almost took a porcupine to the face while tree skiing. It was asleep on a tree branch. We had just stopped and my friend told me to turn around. It was about 18 inches from my face.

Also, almost got run over by a cow elk. I made a check turn and she went right in front of me. It would have been like getting run over by a farm tractor.
Oct 24 2011 12:29PM
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gnarles.
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ferret,birds
Oct 24 2011 12:29PM
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king.tubby
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saw an ermine dart across a run once. basically an all white weasel. pretty sweet. there is a section of my mountain that is usually closed in the spring for bear activity though ive never seen one while skiing
Oct 24 2011 12:49PM
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DERS.
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i miss stickers (the porcupine).... fuck telski for relocating him...
Oct 24 2011 2:48PM
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bobs
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moose
Oct 24 2011 2:54PM
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stupendous-man
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squirrels and thats it.
Oct 24 2011 2:58PM
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Drail
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Only a moose and the odd furry rodent. I do a lot of skinning, so I always see prints in the snow. Last year I saw some cool prints that looked like a moose or elk (or something of that nature) that appeared to be getting stalked by a cougar. We almost wanted to follow the prints to see what the outcome was, but in the end we decided it was a bad idea.

Haven't seen a cougar in the wild yet, and I'd like to keep it that way.
Oct 24 2011 6:09PM
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roddy116
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there was about 10 cats that ran through buck hill one day
Oct 24 2011 6:18PM
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Vino
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gapers
Oct 24 2011 6:20PM
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twsnow22
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I've done the same..except the getting hit in the face part.. sooooooooo surprising ha.. and sick icon.
Oct 24 2011 6:45PM
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Thenowhereman42
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I saw a bear once. I've seen a bear twice while not actually skiing but hanging out around the cabin on a ski trip. One time I also saw a coyote so big I thought it was a wolf till I realized that geographically that didn't make any sense. I saw a deer when I went cliff jumping once.
Oct 24 2011 7:22PM
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