Rockport resident Douglas Day took this photo Wednesday afternoon at the Snow Bowl (note the porcupine sitting in the tree above), adding:

"Steve Pixley, intrepid Snow Bowl Patrol member, trees the ferocious porcupine, which may have endangered skiers at the top of Ragged Mountain!  The beast then proceeded to eat shoots and not leave, fearing for his life with Steve still lingering nearby."

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