The strangest tracks I ever saw. Anyone have an idea?

by **Diego Sahagún** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:37 am

Could it be anything pushed by the wind :?:

by **phlipdascrip** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:30 am

Jakester wrote:These photos have been bugging me. What the heck made these tracks?

Mark Straub wrote:Looks like backcountry ski tracks.

Case closed. Good Job Mark!

Though they don't look 100% like cross country ski tracks to me (e.g. no pole holes) it's still the most likely reason so far - just because the pics were taken when the snow was soft doesn't mean it's always been soft. The tracks could have been made when the snow was frozen over and hard.

by **dskoon** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:25 am

No, they are much to thin, skinny, to be cross-country ski tracks. Also, they look pretty fresh to me. A mystery still. . .

by **Diego Sahagún** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:30 am

Why couldn't they be done by very short and narrow skis :?:

Carving tracks

by **Diego Sahagún** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:37 am

gimpilator wrote:Rick, nice job bringing out more detail. Send me you email address in a PM and I'll give you the rest of the shots.

Please put any other pic gimpilator

by **Arthur Digbee** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:10 pm

Diego Sahagún wrote:Why couldn't they be done by very short and narrow skis

In the OP, the tracks are only a boot width apart, and each track looks to be only a little wider than a finger. So, if they're skis, they'd have to be rabbit skis.

by **Alpinist** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:14 pm

OP

I was there with him. We could see at least a 1/4-mile stretch of the tracks, going uphill, downhill, side-slope, etc. The two lines were always the same distance apart (~6"), and always the same depth (~1/8" deep in the snow). There were no other tracks or marks in the snow anywhere around those tracks.

by **Moni** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:30 pm

How hard was the snow? If it was very hard, and the skier going very fast on edge, he/she would be able to go a bit uphill as well as down. For a skier 1/4 mile is not far.

by **lcarreau** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:39 pm

Release the Kraken !!!

Scientists suggest that miniature creatures living in a "Parallel Universe" sometimes leave
traces of their existence for mortal men (and women) to scratch their heads and ask WHY?

by **gimpilator** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:55 pm

I see the heated debate continues. I just posted two more images as requested by Diego Sahagún. I'm afraid that's all I have. If you want more photos, ask SP member Redwic.

links to full size:
http://www.summitpost.org/image/613467/ ... cks-1.html
http://www.summitpost.org/image/613468/ ... cks-2.html

by **Diego Sahagún** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:56 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiboarding

by **phlipdascrip** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:04 am

I know. It was a skiing leprechaun. He was probably kite skiing too.

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