snow??

[brike]

i have been told that it takes 2 feet or more of snow to drive the bulls down to lower elv. so what to ya think,is it 1 foot, 2 foot or something else that is more importent ?

 

[wyomingtim]

Dunno for sure, I have seen elk walking through chest deep snow before. I do know that parts of the mountains around here got over a foot of snow the past few days. WOOO HOOOO

 

[Hiker]

Brike, 2 feet isn't very much snow for elk. 2 feet of snow can melt in a couple of days with the sun hitting it. I've personally seen elk stay in 3-4 feet of snow for a long time (2-4) weeks before moving on to lower elevation. It's amazing to see how deep of snow elk can move through.

 

[1_pointer]

I'm guessing that the actual snow depth is the biggest consideration, but how hard they have to work to get the feed out from under the snow.