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Monday, November 10, 2008

Little Granite

Did the big loop up the little Granite Trail to 40 to 41 to contreras, and up the moto trail.

Ran into some unexpected snow, but things were beautiful. The trail was a little wet, but I did not run into any killer mud.



Did fine on all the tech stuff, but did not clean it.



Got lots of great photos:


Fog north of skull valley





Artsy Granite Mountain shots.



Saw these paw prints and my heart jumped to my throat a bit.





Definitely a Cougar, definitely fresh (it rained last night). They were headed downhill as I was headed uphill, but I obviously never saw the cat that made them. This is the first sign of the lions I know are out there that I have ever seen in seven years in these parts.

Edit: I have been informed that this is definitely a black bear left front paw print. I did a little research, and have to agree. The main difference is the bear has five pads as opposed to four for the lion. I thought the lack of claw marks ruled out a bear and did not bother to count them. Apparently, front paws frequently do not show the claw with black bears.

It was a good ride.

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