This is a marmot - they're everywhere in the park. They are one of the few animals that don't move down out of the mountains in the winter. Instead, they hibernate deep under cracks and openings in the rocks away from predators, and slow their breathing and heart rate down to 4 beats per minute. This marmot is typically marked in his coloring.

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