Nice photos of all the marmots, it got me to thinking
has anyone had marmot on a stick?

Here's mine.



Resident of the Swiftcurrent lookout, GNP

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Edited by hflege on 08/22/2011 19:22:26 MDT.

Trail Camp, Mt. Whitney

Edited by backpackerchick on 08/22/2011 19:34:08 MDT.

"The first marmot in this thread was a yellow-bellied marmot. The one here appears to be a hoary marmot."

Thanks for the info, Bob. I always liked the silver/gray color patterns on some of the marmots I've seen. That one was in Mt. Rainier NP.

That marmot is always out looking for a handout like it is desperately hungry, yet its belly is dragging on the ground. It takes them a few minutes to chew a marmot-size hole in a backpack.

Yes, the hoary marmot is across Washington, Idaho, and Montana that I know of. Maybe Wyoming. The yellow-belly marmot is in California, and I don't know where the dividing line is between the two.

--B.G.--

This friend is enjoying the view! On the rock.

Edited by Creachen on 08/22/2011 21:47:26 MDT.

The reason why I've been packing a 7.0 oz Panasonic DMC-TZ4

But none of our marmots have the shallow depth of field of the OP's marmot.

Edited by backpackerchick on 08/23/2011 00:11:28 MDT.

When marmots get your wag bag, it's a shi tty mess!

And another...

Never again will we see depth of field and wag bag in the same discussion.

It is so hard to find a truly ultralightweight wag bag these days.

--B.G.--

This is a marmot from the Italian Alps (the area I came from)


not my picture..
I only posted this pic to show the Italian designed version of a marmot.
She is wearing Ermenegildo Zegna.
Picture stolen from :
http://www.altavallebognanco.it/
(that is where I grew up)
Franco

Edited by Franco on 08/23/2011 16:43:31 MDT.

Is that a rock?

Nice photo!

Nice marmot.

This was also in Mt. Rainier. There were 4 or 5 young marmots in the rocks and this parent carrying grass into their burrow.

Thank you. That marmot did everything in it's power to allow me to get a good photo or two. He just hung out and let me set up one of those mini-tripod things to make my point-and-shoot take a reasonably good photo. Wish my hiking partner had as much patience as that marmot!

Not an extravagant shot, but it's of marmots on a rock.

Gary, your Swiftcurrent marmot makes me salivate for GNP....

Edited by T.L. on 08/26/2011 21:39:58 MDT.