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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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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
deer once in spring
squirrels all the time
Oct 22 2011 9:05PM
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mode2n
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I once ran into a lynx... haha
Oct 22 2011 9:06PM
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monkatizer
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i have heard of someone hitting a dear, but personally, i have seen mountain lions!
Oct 22 2011 9:07PM
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FLBP
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Cougars are always on the prowl for rich young white men.
Oct 22 2011 9:08PM
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Parrish
Posts: 8695 - Karma: 1,008
I saw this mouse once when skiing snowbird. I went to grab him then I heard I lifty yell "THOSE ARE ENDANGERED" so I skied away really fast
Oct 22 2011 9:10PM
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p-fo
Posts: 9372 - Karma: 6,155
I saw a pine marten once. Most things are hibernating during the winter in the mountains where I ski. I've seen plenty of chipmunks and a marmot on Hood in the summer though.
Oct 22 2011 9:10PM
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Keith.
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a moose chilling at the side of a run.
Oct 22 2011 9:12PM
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SHastatahoe
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Man.... The most dangerous animal of all.
Oct 22 2011 9:15PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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a bear walked out onto the landing of a jump in the credits of revolver.

makes me chuckle every time
Oct 22 2011 9:18PM
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YewTard
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Snowbird in the spring is kinda hilarious when all the chipmunks start popping out of their holes. It's kinda like playing 'whack a mole' with your skis.
Oct 22 2011 9:23PM
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k-fred
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there's a video somewhere on ns i think where a guy is skiing backcounrty when he get hit by a turkey.
Oct 22 2011 9:30PM
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SPskier543
Posts: 2413 - Karma: 324
a ferret when i was on thaynes at pc, and a moose in the backcountry between canyons and pc
Oct 22 2011 9:31PM
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theWIZARD
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Moose at Sugarloaf.
Oct 22 2011 9:33PM
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Keith.
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its TC season 1 I think
Oct 22 2011 9:34PM
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TheTristanator
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i've seen the wolf pack...

Oct 22 2011 9:36PM
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malonius_funk
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i was skiing next to the t-bar at breck and i came around a tree and there was this cool looking fox like 3 feet from my ski. i surprised it and it surprised me. pretty cool
Oct 22 2011 9:38PM
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Jpurd
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I see a lot of squirrels where I ski and birds
Oct 22 2011 9:39PM
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monkatizer
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yes, it flew into shane's hand
Oct 22 2011 9:58PM
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introvert
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I once saw a Tom Wallsich. I tried to take a picture but before I could get my camera out he was gone
Oct 22 2011 10:10PM
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steezy.stew
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eye trip
Oct 22 2011 10:43PM
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chuck_testa
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I have never seen a gator wakeboarding. any way I saw a bear at hunter mtn a couple years ago.
Oct 22 2011 10:45PM
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penguin_steeze
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Oct 22 2011 10:49PM
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gaper-raper
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manbearpig. scary as shit
Oct 22 2011 10:53PM
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Davy.Crockett
Posts: 5373 - Karma: 324
chipmunks
Oct 22 2011 10:54PM
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lukemeahan.
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Lots of moose.
Oct 22 2011 10:55PM
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artrud
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at JH, was on a cat track, that took a hard left around rock wall......literally, face-to-face with a huge Moose.  Moose immediatelty turned around and ran away. live to ski another day
Oct 22 2011 11:11PM
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CRiP
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saw a ton of wolf tracks on this trail in killington that no one had skiied on yet
Oct 22 2011 11:13PM
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Chubz.
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I see squirrels all the time...its such a rush when they jump right in front of you
Oct 22 2011 11:14PM
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EricaMN.
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i see these albino squirrel things all the time. i think they're some sort of a ferret
Oct 22 2011 11:16PM
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traylortrash
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i hit a squirrel once... it was quite the experience
Oct 22 2011 11:22PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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correct
Oct 22 2011 11:27PM
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wesley.
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skiing has jabronis
Oct 22 2011 11:28PM
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Clark_Griswold
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this. But seriously a turkey and a few deer
Oct 22 2011 11:55PM
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SteezoSaurus
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Ran into a moose while I was skinning once. Thank god I was wearing Depends.
Oct 22 2011 11:58PM
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ski-or-die
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seriously be aware of cougars they dont  don't hibernate my cousin says he saw one at sunshine when he was high on mushrooms, thought he was just trippin but they closed the chair...
Oct 23 2011 12:00AM
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deathcookie
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I saw a kid i was working with slice a mouse in half with his edge on purpose
Oct 23 2011 12:02AM
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Skibumsmith
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rabbits and porcupines
Oct 23 2011 12:04AM
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skier_boy26
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friend ran over a squirrel.

encountered a young black bear once hopping in the deep powder
Oct 23 2011 12:09AM
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mountainviper
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Saw a bear from the lift in a patch of trees between two runs at Killy. Also have seen moose at Killy. Lots. Got chased by a mountain lion in the backcountry. Weirdest encounter though was a hedgehog on a groomer at the canyons. Thing was jus chillin. Oh yeah and the infamous Alta rams. Everybody sees those those if ya hike though.
Oct 23 2011 12:11AM
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Avifarer
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Was tree skiing one time, turned around a tree and there was a lynx sitting there. just starred at us didnt even move.
saw a wolf at the hill yesterday.
Oct 23 2011 12:31AM
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PartyHon
Posts: 2019 - Karma: 425
moose
snowshoe hare ran inbetween my skis while i was pow skiing

Oct 23 2011 12:45AM
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Montana_Hoodrat
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A drunk snowboarder. Scared the shit outta me.
Oct 23 2011 12:55AM
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Jahrassicpark
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Moose
Oct 23 2011 12:57AM
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skiP.E.I.
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I've startled many ptarmigan and snowshoe hares and I've seen caribou on the ski hill. A moose broke it's leg in a gully on the ski hill and someone from natural resources had to come and shoot it.
Oct 23 2011 1:18AM
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pelle_munch
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bears, moose, foxes, rabbits, mice, eagles, mountain lyons, lynx, marmots, squirrels, elk, deer
Oct 23 2011 1:22AM
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ya_frizz
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i've come across an echidna and a wombat
Oct 23 2011 2:04AM
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jorb.co
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I had a I JUST HIT A FUCKING TURKEY moment twice on the same run. Late in the season the hill fills up with all these big round fat bird things cause its mating season or whatever. At the top i was coming around a fallen tree and one flew out from inside the roots right into my leg, then another one grazed my head near the bottom and it jumped out of a tree. So wish i had a helmet cam on.
Oct 23 2011 2:10AM
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SickJib_Brit
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They are these things called grouse.. Haha, that Line TC episode was soo funny
Oct 23 2011 2:25AM
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binyinninja
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A kea wanted to eat my mates lunch once. Another kea tried to eat our car...
Oct 23 2011 2:27AM
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p-fo
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That would be a pine marten in its winter coat. Or ermine. Which may be the same thing...
Oct 23 2011 3:34AM
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