Friday, March 06, 2009

Moose moseys on slopes as skiers marvel

A moose on the ski slopes of Steamboat turned heads recently, including catching the eye of a vacationer with a video camera. "It was cool," said Ben Satterfield of Tennessee, who was with his family at the resort and took the video. "I was amazed. I've been skiing all my life and had never seen anything like it." Satterfield and about 100 other skiers were at the slope base Feb. 12 enjoying a collective après-ski moment when people started screaming "Moose! Moose!" The moose came out of a parking lot, crashed through a plastic mesh fence and trotted upslope. That's when Satterfield trained his camera on it. "You just never know what's going to happen when a wild animal — a moose — shows up," he said. For the most part, skiers on camera at Steamboat did the right thing, giving the moose plenty of space and not trying to get too close or aggressively interact with it...Denver Post

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