• They cache food by burying it in snow and spraying it with secretion to deter other animals.
• Males patrol enormous areas (sometimes over 1,000 km²) and can travel dozens of kilometres a day through deep snow thanks to their broad paws.

The quickhatch inhabits land, highlands, and tundra, including terrestrial forests and grassy areas. The species occupies temperate coniferous forests characterized by cool temperatures and snow during winter, flooded meadows with abundant grass, high-altitude meadows that are cold and contain much grass and shrubs, taiga with cold winters and many coniferous trees such as spruce and pine, and tundra with very cold temperatures, a short summer, sparse vegetation, and an abundance of moss. The climate is cold and nearly dry, with cool summers averaging 15 to 20 degrees Celsius, and it is consistently very wet with frequent rain; the species also experiences many rains and a cool summer, along with snowy winters. The elevation above sea level can reach up to 3.5 kilometers.