WASHINGTON – Ratatouille, the snowboarding opossum, has become an Internet sensation.

Since Liberty Mountain Resort uploaded the 56-second video of the snow-friendly marsupial to its YouTube channel on Wednesday, the video has been viewed nearly 17,000 times.

According to the YouTube page, Ratatouille tears up the slopes on his Burton Riglet snowboard.

The little guy even has his own lift pass registered to Ratatouille Bowers, and a gnarly wool sweater.

Now, if only they made sunglasses that size.

Watch the video below of Ratatouille shredding the slopes:

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