The snow is up to our knees as we trek across the valley bottom. “There’s some over here!” one of us announces, and the other shuffles over to examine the finding. A line of animal prints extends into the distance, weaving in and out of thick brush. “Yeah, this one looks like a wolf. It’s too big for fox prints,” says the other one. We clear the GPS in preparation to map this length of tracks and trod off, knees high, through the deep snow. Immediately, the tracks turn toward