A snowshoe hare in late May along the Bear Lake Trail sits next to a pile of snow left over from the winter. Its white coat with brown and gray splotches is the result of a gradual change from white in the winter to grayish-brown in the summer. The hind feet appear to be almost one half of the body length.
A completely still snowshoe hare seen along the side of Flattop Mountain Trail not far from Bear Lake. The hare is in the center bottom of the picture.
We were several feet away from this young snowshoe hare before we noticed it hiding under a small boulder along the Lookout Mountain Trail. The snowshoe hare kept perfectly still.