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Title: Tracks, grass, hillsides, and snow slides
Post by: chinook907 on May 20, 2011, 03:47:00 PM
Boated a few miles, then hiked ~17 miles round trip the other day, hoping to find some black bears on the hillside.  No go, a bit early where we went (as you'll see in the pics), and pretty snotty weather.  But thought I'd put some pics up.

Hind foot track from a good brown bear at the start of the hike, the pad of the rear foot is ~ 8 1/2" long, so probably around an 8 1/2 foot bear, a good one.  Thats my size 10 sneaker boot (with my hind foot in it) in the pic, and I'm partially covering a moose track with my foot.
  (http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh271/chinook907/rszdbrtrackMay.jpg)

Crossed a few avalanches going in and coming out.  Heard the rumble of 6 or 7 more, and saw a few happen, but nothing close to us (phew).  Here's a couple pics of some older "slides" we crossed.
  (http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh271/chinook907/rszdavalanche2.jpg)

  (http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh271/chinook907/rszdavalanche1.jpg)

And a pic of the opposite hillside that gets more exposure, has some green on it that will be good feed for the bears.  You can really see the rain, fog, and scud in this pic.
  (http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh271/chinook907/rszdgreenslope.jpg)
Good fun and good exercise.  And oh yeah some stumps and clumps made good practice on the way in.
Title: Re: Tracks, grass, hillsides, and snow slides
Post by: JimB on May 20, 2011, 05:28:00 PM
That's an impressive track.Cool scenery to.I was thinking he might even be bigger than that.
Title: Re: Tracks, grass, hillsides, and snow slides
Post by: LONGSTYKES on May 20, 2011, 07:12:00 PM
Awesome Tim, looks to be a very nice bear track. Great stump shooting country. Thanks
Title: Re: Tracks, grass, hillsides, and snow slides
Post by: bucksbuouy on May 20, 2011, 07:54:00 PM
Ahhh!! that makes my city blood run cold!
Title: Re: Tracks, grass, hillsides, and snow slides
Post by: GRINCH on May 20, 2011, 08:03:00 PM
Nice pics and tracks,sounds like a good time,
Title: Re: Tracks, grass, hillsides, and snow slides
Post by: JJB on May 20, 2011, 08:14:00 PM
That is some nice looking country, I'd like to visit there sometime. Impressive track also.
Title: Re: Tracks, grass, hillsides, and snow slides
Post by: DannyBows on May 20, 2011, 08:15:00 PM
Avalanches, 8 1/2' Bears? I reckon that'll add a bit of excitement to a casual stumping stroll!  :scared:

Great pics, Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Tracks, grass, hillsides, and snow slides
Post by: chinook907 on May 20, 2011, 09:06:00 PM
Yeah Jim, when I first saw the track I thought man that's from a big guy, but they measured a bit smaller than I would have guessed.  And of course the hide size is just an estimate, he could be a fair bit larger.  Tracks sure were fresh as you can see, still crisp even with the rain.  Probably from late that night or early that morning.
Title: Re: Tracks, grass, hillsides, and snow slides
Post by: Bonebuster on May 20, 2011, 09:09:00 PM
Great pics! Thanks a ton for sharing.

I`m glad we don`t have that much winter where I live.