A late start to winter can keep deer in Gothic into the winter. If they get stuck out here in a heavy winter though they will have a very hard time of it. Weasel turned white despite lack of snow in a late start to winter Weasel in winter.
Weasels are great mousers and very curious animals.
Shrews are active all winter long in Gothic, though tend to stay down at ground level under the snowpack. They are constantly active, sleeping only for a minute at a time. Raccoons are very usual at this elevation. This one tried to winter in Gothic and either left or died. A fox near Gothic A coyote wandering through Gothic.