Possible tracks found by snowshoers near Steamboat Springs witnessed in Routt County, Colorado

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My girlfriend (now wife) and I were snowshoing in the mountains above fish creek falls outside of steamboat springs, CO in the winter. We were off trail and decided to attempt to shortcut down the mountain to get back to the trail head. We miscalculated and found ourselves in a very steep ravine just above fish creek and we were trying to find a way back up the steep incline as it was nearly humanly impossible to scale the side of the canyon. Ahead in the snow we saw a set of tracks heading straight up the side of the ravine. Initially we though it must be an elk or deer, but looking at the spacing of the tracks they appeared to be created by a bi-pedal creature with a gate much larger than I could span (I am a little over 6 foot tall) The tracks appeared to have the basic shape of a human foot and toe impressions could be faintly seen in a couple of the tracks. The tracks were postholed - 16 - 24 inches deep and most impressive was how this creature powered it's way through this deep ...