Sombeech
09-14-2011, 10:19 PM
It was getting a little dark, the sun had set, and I'm BLAZING down the trail trying to catch Jed. Flying through the thick trees, then all of a sudden this small clearing maybe 20' wide comes up quick on my right, and a dark figure standing right next to the trail.
OK, so it's actually common to see a moose, in fact probably THIS moose a few times, on the trails up near Snowbasin. This was on the Sardine Peak trail tonight.
This was the closest I've come to a Bull moose though. I had the camera filming the bike frame, aiming down on the suspension when I cruised by this dude as he was taking a sip in this small clearing. @jinx (http://www.bogley.com/forum/member.php?u=308) had cruised on buy not noticing, but when I passed him he wasn't more than 10' off the trail.
I stopped 20' passed him, jumped off the bike and scrambled to unmount the camera, by the time I walked back towards him he was starting to get spooked a bit and make his way back into the trees.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9_-rM9wu7A
OK, so it's actually common to see a moose, in fact probably THIS moose a few times, on the trails up near Snowbasin. This was on the Sardine Peak trail tonight.
This was the closest I've come to a Bull moose though. I had the camera filming the bike frame, aiming down on the suspension when I cruised by this dude as he was taking a sip in this small clearing. @jinx (http://www.bogley.com/forum/member.php?u=308) had cruised on buy not noticing, but when I passed him he wasn't more than 10' off the trail.
I stopped 20' passed him, jumped off the bike and scrambled to unmount the camera, by the time I walked back towards him he was starting to get spooked a bit and make his way back into the trees.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9_-rM9wu7A