Incident #1001511
Salida, Chaffee Cty, Colorado
1997
Account
On elk hunt A.R. found a single large track in melting snow, 15 to 16 inches by 6 to 7 inches, with toes in a straight line across the front, not at all clear. Joined by a friend, they found a half dozen more and better tracks in snow and mud 100 yards away. Most showed only three toes, but one showed four and one showed five. Tracks were at the edge of timber line, thick forest below, a few trees at site, and none above it.
When
- Year
- 1997
Where
- State / province
- Colorado
- County
- Chaffee Cty
- Nearest Town
- Salida
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 5000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 130
- Latitude
- 3835--
- Longitude
- 10610--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- snow
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- stream
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Snow Condition
- shallow patches
- Cover
- spotty
- General
- some
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO, from A.R.
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- 1999
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1999
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.5
- Greates Width
- 6.5
- Number of Tracks
- 7
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow, mud
- Remarks
- Only one track showed all five toes, another showed four, the rest three.
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Track witnesses
- 2