The front wolf track is always larger than the rear. In mud, wet sand or wet snow (as seen here), the front track measured 4 3/4" long and 3 3/4" wide. The rear track measures 4 1/4" long and 3" wide. Keep in mind that wet snow will magnify the true size of the track by 1/2". The toes of the front track are always spread out more than the rear. The degree of this depends on the weight of the animal and the speed that it was traveling.
Wolfs never walk but are always in a continuous gait, which measures about 26" in length. Running tracks measure 26" - 33", were as a full-out run can exceed distance greater than 70".
The largest wolf track ever recorded was along the Porcupine River in Alaska which the toes widely spread measured slightly over 6".

• Wolf tracks are often mistaken for dogs. The Alaskan malamute track is virtually identical.
  
• A Shear way of telling dog from wolf tracks is that the middle 2 toes on the wolf are larger than the 2 outside toes. The dog track is the opposite.
  
• Seeing a wolf in the wild is truly a rarity that only few share. Kids are fascinated by wildlife, take them out and bring along a copy of Peterson's Guide To Animal Tracks. Its easy to use reference will help in identifying animals tracks or other sign that they leave. Bring the equipment listed in the track casting section of this web site and bring home casts of the tracks that you find.
  

• This air photo illustrates a pack of 8 timber wolves chasing what appears to be a cow moose. I say, "appears" because the bulls will shed their antlers in early winter. Larger bulls normally have heavier antlers and loose their antlers first.
  
• Its sometimes hard to number exactly how many wolfs there are by looking at tracks alone. Remember that 1 wolf can make a lot of tracks and also that pack members will walk in the same track during winter travel.
  
• Wolves don't always live together as a pack. Lone wolves are very common within the Boreal Forest.
  
• Average wolf packs range from 5-12 members with as high as 40 reported in the Arctic.
  
• Wolves are opportunistic and cannibalistic feeders. I've witnessed this is on several occasions where a pack of wolves have eaten one of their own that was trapped. If the neck in a snare caught the trapped wolf, the carcass would be eaten and severed at the neck leaving only the head behind.