RHH's photos with the keyword: caligata

Taken along the Snowbird Pass trail on the tundra where the marmots were obviously feeling the spring sunshine and warmth and were very lively, chasing each other around and nuzzling each other.

Hoary Marmots, Marmota caligata, are everywhere in the Canadian Rockies, and seem completely unafraid of humans, even coming to beg food. This one was photographed on the flood plain of the Robson River below Berg Lake, but we saw many more during our backpacking trips there.

In Explore July 28, 2009, #201. Obviously accustomed to people, this marmot was constantly around the Berg Lake camp looking for handouts. The group, Snafflehounds, which collects pictures of these and similar creatures describes them as "the alpine creatures that will raid your tent, chew holes in your backpack, steal your lunch and nibble on your climbing rope while you are climbing!" This creature's scientific name is Marmota caligata and the photo was taken by my wife.