Gore Mountain Fire Tower

Having a nice day ahead of me, I decided to do Gore.  I went up from an unusual trailhead, the Raymond Brook Trail instead of the Schaefer trail out of the resort.  This route is a ski trail until it hits the Schaefer trail, and it was beautiful and obviously not well used as I didn't see a single person on it.  What I did see though was a startled black furry butt running away not far from the start.  My first thought was it was a bear cub, but it was way too small to be that.  Instead, I think it may have been a fischer I spooked.