Bear

[QuillGordon]

Bear sighted at Bjorkman Road @ the Beaver Ponds near Strawberry Riv north of Strawberry Res... Crazy lookin sunnybeach... :eek2:

[Udink]

Yup, that's bear country. The only bear I've ever seen in the wild was about 6 miles south of Strawberry at Baldy Mountain, prolly 7 years ago.

[Cirrus2000]

Yeah, I know it's a thousand miles away, but I can't believe the number of bears I've seen this year already. Last year, I think I saw about 3 while hiking. This year, I'm up to about 8 individual bears in 5 different sightings, including 3 cubs.

This pretty mama had 2 cubs with her - they disappeared into the underbrush just before I took this pic:

http://kev.cirruswebsolutions.ca/uutah/imgp3900.jpg

[accadacca]

Bear sighted at Bjorkman Road @ the Beaver Ponds near Strawberry Riv north of Strawberry Res... Crazy lookin sunnybeach... :eek2:
You got a pic?

[goofball]

very cool.

only bears i ever seen were in the olympics. it was early october and the huckleberries were just right. mmmmmm.... saw at least 1 bear every day for 6 days.

except for the wichita mountains in ok and that wa trip, typically the only wildlife i've seen is marmots or ground critters or birds. it really disappoints me. w/ so many people enjoying the outydoors it seems our wilderness areas are less "wilderness" areas and more "undeveloped" areas in many cases.

[QuillGordon]

No pics, I was on the wheeler and the encounter was brief...

[sparker1]

Saw four bears in Glacier NP and Waterton Lakes several weeks back. It's very common there.

[Sombeech]

I heard of a bear last weekend going through a boy scout camp, ripping up a tent near Tammarack Lake.