Incident #1000270
Skykomish, King Cty, Washington
Mar 1970
Account
Informant and Walt Ellis, Snohomish, were skiing at Stevens Pass ski area and found tracks in the snow coming down off the mountain to the top of the ski tow and going back up. Tracks were barefoot, clear, 12 inches by 5 inches, five toes, no arch They did not follow them.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 20 1970
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- King Cty
- Nearest Town
- Skykomish
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 18
- Population of Town
- 300
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 47443-
- Longitude
- 121053-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- snow
- Near or/at
- empty machine
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- East
- Snow Condition
- new over old
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- cold
- Snow
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
Source
- Source
- Greg Lee intv. by Clarence Fox
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- MAY 70
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- NAY 70
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 12.0
- Greates Width
- 5.0
- Heel Width
- 4.0
- Average Depth
- 4.00
- Heel
- 6.00
- Ball
- 4.00
- Toes
- 4.00
- Observer Print Depth
- 3.50
- Observer Weight
- 130
- Stride in Inches Average
- 30
- Estimated Age
- 3
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 500
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- very good
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Pattern of walk
- toe out
- Feet in Line?
- in line
- Direction of Travel
- downhill, uphill
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
- Tracks Came From
- hillside
- Tracks Went to
- hillside
Witness
- Interviewer
- Clarence Fox
- Interview date
- MAY 5 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- ski/snowshoe
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20