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Highest Elevation For Rattlesnake Sighting

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Saw this question pop up on another outdoor forum I frequent for climbers up in Idaho. About 5-6,000 feet was the consensus as to the cut off point for running into a rattlesnake up north. What is the highest that anyone has seen a rattler here in Arizona? Pretty sure I saw one at 8000+ feet on Mt Wrightson earlier this year.
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Re: Highest Elevation For Rattlesnake Sighting

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Arizona Black Rattlesnakes are known to reside above 9,000 feet.

My highest sighting was almost at the top of Brown's Brother, at over 7,500 feet.
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I've seen that small, unique-to-the Chiricahuas species of rattlesnake at Rustler Park. I believe that is 8500 feet.
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I've also seen a Western Diamondback at 5,000 feet angrily defending his personal space on a 50-degree January 14th in the Dragoons, so don't think that they hibernate all winter either! :o
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About 7 kfeet for me, but I miss a lot of the snakiest weather. The coldest I've been buzzed at was an air temperature of 26F early on a late November morning.
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I once saw a bunch of snakes on a plane at about 20,000 feet... :)
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100 feet. He was being carried aloft by a big hawk and boy was he mad! :o
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@friendofThundergod
I figured you were talking about the movie until I realized it's not too far fetched for you to have actually experienced that! :-k
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Gummo should chime in on this one!
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Rattlesnakes at 11,000 feet!.. :o
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The *bleeping* snakes on Samuel *bleeping* Jackson's *bleeping* plane ...
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friendofThundergod wrote:I once saw a bunch of snakes on a plane at about 20,000 feet... :)
Agh. Should have read the thread first ...
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Really who cares? What I want to know what is the highest elevation for a Chupacabra sight? Personally 2,500 or so feet and I forgot my camera.
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