skiing with the bears at Hunter!!!

kingslug · Mar 16, 2009

Coming down Hellgate people start screaming at me to stop!!! a mother and 2 cubs are crossing Hellgate and I'm about 50 feet away...holy crap! then they went into upper xover, right where I wanted to go. they stayed awhile, hung out in the woods while a patroller stood guard. A little too close for me...with nowhere to go but into the mogul field.

campgottagopee · Mar 16, 2009

Awesome!!!! You know it's really spring when you start seein those puppies out and about. Still haven't seen any bear here yet---must still be sleepy.

andyzee · Mar 16, 2009

Change you underwear yet?

kingslug · Mar 16, 2009

yup, brought a new pair.

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Mar 16, 2009

Based on the title, I thought this was going to be about the Barking Bears of Epicski..you know Finndawg and Philpug..lol

RootDKJ · Mar 16, 2009

GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
Based on the title, I thought this was going to be about the Barking Bears of Epicski..you know Finndawg and Philpug..lol

+1

RichT · Mar 16, 2009

On your way up the quad, just as you get to where racers starts the first set of rocks/cliff is where she and her cubs have been sleeping.Well not really sleeping (I was told that they don't "sleep" all winter) Saw her and the cubs around the end of Decmeber roaming around above the belt!

Glenn · Mar 17, 2009

That's pretty crazy!

jrmagic · Mar 17, 2009

That's pretty cool. The biggest think I ever ran across while skiing was a bobcat in the woods at Stratton one year.

bigbog · Mar 17, 2009

...good timing!

Nice pics slug. Not everyone is as quick or fortunate to have the camera ready...when needed. Late winter, early spring is a neat time of year for seeing animals...

kingslug · Mar 17, 2009

I always carry the camera now...makes reports more interesting. Still waiting to see a Moose on my western trips.

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Mar 17, 2009

I've only seen a Moose from the Gondola at Jackson Hole..never while I was skiing down..

icedtea · Mar 17, 2009

wait, you don't wanna replace to the snowdon quad?

bigdaddyk · Mar 18, 2009

I saw a fox, but I forget where it was.

Johnskiismore · Mar 19, 2009

Pretty cool shots!

Trekchick · Mar 19, 2009

That is just cool!

I've come across Bear(among other things) while biking in the summer, but never while skiing.
What a cool thing to experience, eh?

kingslug · Mar 19, 2009

It added a lot to the day. I've skied there for over 10 years and never saw them.

andyzee · Mar 19, 2009

Better than sleeping with the fish in NJ

skiing with the bears at Hunter!!!

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