A steep, bare slope at 13,000 feet is about the last place somebody might expect to see a moose, but one cruised right by some Colorado hikers there on Sept. 6.

Wildlife biologists told Cowboy State Daily that such an encounter is a rarity. But, when moose put their minds to it, they can travel amazing distances and end up in weird places.

Avid hiker Hunter Michaud of Colorado Springs caught video of the cow moose, trotting down a narrow hiking trail through scree (loose rock) above timberline, not far below the summit of Mount Sneffels.

The 14,153-foot peak is in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado

He told Cowboy State Daily that he and his hiking companions saw the moose coming from a long way off.

She seemed determined to get to where she was going, so they wisely decid

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