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I respectfully disagree with Patterson-Gimlin that the best Sasquatch tracks are from hard crust snow requiring massive weight. For example once Cliff Olson and I found several hundred tracks at or near the quarry on the east end of Whale Head above Ripplebrook Ranger Station. That happened about Thanksgiving week when we were looking for a Christmas tree. The snow, in places was 18" deep and fresh that night. The weight of the Sasquatch compressed the snow so we could see toes, dermal ridges, the "mid-tarsal" break, etc. We took lots of film photos but the light was rotten. It was perfectly obvious that the Sasquatch had walked to the edge of the quarry road and looked at the glow from Estacada and beyond in the night. We went back up the next day only to find blown snow had covered the trackway. In another instance, Steve Kiley and I found good, fresh snow tracks in snow up Indian Henry and there was no crust involved. We managed to cast three imprints, but they didn't come out too good but Ray Crowe put them in his "museum." Given these and other examples, I think the best tracks are in fresh, thick Cascade Mountain snow, or in impressionable soil. What it takes is time and gas money to find them. I also found good snow tracks on Flat Top Mountain in the Oregon Coast range, among other finds. The quality of the snow and freshness are important. Good trackways have parallel tracks. I suggest studying common animal tracks made in snow. Joe here

That and rabbits are certainly sources of long stride imprints in snow, but they both tend to be in a very straight line, with no left/right offset. The snow trackway I found and took John Green to see back around '78/79 were long stride, large size, and noticeably offset, though not to the same extent as human tracks usually are. This video reminded me of a hunting trip back in the '60s when I was sitting on a snow covered log, wearing snow pattern fleece camo, and an ermine ran along the log, right across my lap, without acknowledging my presence. Nature is great!

Ha ! Backdoc, it just so happens I pulled my box of film from 15-200 years ago for another request. I'll look through it to see if I can find the snow pics! Joe here {catch my little joke.....}

Thanks for sharing. The best sasquatch snow tracks are when the snow is hard crusted. Requires massive weight to break through .

The tracks I saw were deep. And much bigger.

Cool to see, they liked your fast food stop. I don't leave food/scraps out because of vermin, but day time the crows get any surplus on a plate. Lately, been going out every morning with meat scraps or nuts, stuff they really like. They're becoming pretty regular with close visits, lol. Could swear I heard a more raven-like call down the road a few weeks ago.