Moose Trots Down Ski Slopes at Colorado Resort

Skiers and snowboarders stopped in their tracks as a moose trotted down the slopes of a Colorado ski resort earlier this month.

It happened at Winter Park Resort and a video of the unexpected encounter was shared on Instagram by @outsidemagazine.

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“A moose was seen running by skiers at @winterparkresort on Jan. 23, 2024,” the outlet wrote in its caption. “Or Skiers seen on moose land,” one user replied.

There’ve been quite a few recent headlines about skiers and moose (that’s plural for moose) in Colorado:

Moose Blocks Trail At Popular Colorado Ski Resort [powder.com, Jan. 29, 2024]

Backcountry skiers find avalanche scene and a ‘really confused’ moose in Cameron Pass [Coloradoan, Jan. 23, 2024]

Skiers — and moose — are triggering dangerous remote avalanches in Colorado [Summit Daily, Jan. 22, 2024]

Also, a black bear was spotted on the slopes of a Jackson Hole, Wyoming resort earlier this week, and a bobcat was seen near the slopes of a Park City, Utah mountain.