Snow Complicates Life for Alaska's Moose

A moose calf and its mother eat crab apples and branches from a tree at an Anchorage, Alaska home Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. Deep mountain snow usually drives moose to seek lower ground in Anchorage each winter but the snow in town this year is too deep even for the stilt-legged animals. So they\'re going where they'd rather not, choosing major roads, plowed sidewalks and groomed trails to sidestep the great mounds piling up in neighborhoods and greenbelts during a remarkably snowy month in Alaska\'s largest city. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

(AP) -- Deep mountain snow usually drives moose to seek lower ground in Anchorage, but the snow piling up in town this winter is a bit much even for the stilt-legged animals. So they're going where they'd rather not, choosing major roads, plowed sidewalks and groomed trails to sidestep the vast cushion of snow in neighborhoods and greenbelts left during a remarkably temperamental month in Alaska's largest city.

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