 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Blimey! 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Great video! I've seen plenty of Moose on ski slopes in Jackson Hole and a few in different parts of Canada. But there don't seem to be any in western Europe. I think Europeans killed most of the large wildlife hundreds of years ago.
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Well there’s a different take on someone speeding in the lift zone. Wouldn’t like to have been hit by that!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@altaski8, Cos they're called Elk over here. Plenty in Scandinavia.
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Rumour has it this is Are, Sweden
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We've seen red (black) squirrels on the piste in a couple of resorts, saw 3 roe deer on the piste on Courmayeur, but they were TINY compared to the moose!
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Spotted a deer at the side of a trail in EMB last month.
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only ever seen a chamois and a marmot
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| leggyblonde wrote: |
| @altaski8, Cos they're called Elk over here. Plenty in Scandinavia. |
I know there are Moose/Elk in Scandinavia. I was referring to the rest of "continental" Europe.
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And somewhat confusingly North American Elk are distinct from Moose. Although they turn into Moose above a certain elevation  . Elk also herd while Moose are more solitary.
An interesting etymologolical cul de sac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I see it hit someone on the way down. Must have just lost its snowboard
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Apparently Jämtland, the Swedish county where Åre is, has the highest concentration of moose per square kilometre in the world, or so we were told last year.
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You know it makes sense.
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And i can confirm that is definately Åre.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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You know all those little animal tracks you see from the chair, but never any wildlife to support them? Well I saw a fox in Austria the other week, first time I've ever seen anything wild on the piste in over 30 years skiing.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Frosty the Snowman, @thecramps, It does say that under the video :- Location : Are, Sweden 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@skitow, That's how I worked it out
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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total disregard for the FIS mountain rules... What if he hit a kid who skied right out in front of him without looking uphill?
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@Mr.Egg, he'd have been sliced and diced by the father, then roasted on social media.
Lucky escape.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I see now that you can scroll down, i didn't
I wonder where the moose got to after it cleared the fence though. There is just a steep 5 metre bank there, then the loop road from town and the bus stop and car park by the Cable car station, and immediately beyond that, the busy main road. If it was ok after jumping the fence it would have been a fluke from there if he'd gone up past the petrol station and up the hill to woods, and even then, he would be surrounded by busy pistes. I can only imagine he ended up dinner.
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Poor thing looks pretty distressed.
Somebody or something has obvs disturbed it.
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My guess is he was in the Östra ravin when the lifts opened and people started skiing down it and he's been (innocently) herded down the valley. The further down he got the steeper the sides and he would have had no way to go but down. Once out of the ravin he's in the busy area beside Fjällgården, there would have been people everywhere, no wonder he was so panicked. Poor thing.
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| homers double wrote: |
| Well I saw a fox in Austria the other week, first time I've ever seen anything wild on the piste in over 30 years skiing. |
You need to get out more.
I‘ve seen a few wild cougars at Apres ski that have been very much on the prowl.
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Whilst at a refugio a group of us saw two goats on the pistes in Arabba. Poor things got separated whilst confused by coming across all the humans on skis. I tried to get my ski mate to record it on his Stop Pro (in joke) but never saw if he got footage.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Pfft!
I know a  who shagged a bear (allegedly).
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FAQ
. I just recognised it, we have been several times. 
