Have You Seen a Bear While Hiking in Grizzly Bear Habitat?

My girlfriend and I refer to the grizzly bear we encountered in Yellowstone's backcountry as OUR grizzly bear. Time was suspended as we watched the grizzly bear lumber along the hillside, sniffing out food, oblivious to our presence.

What's the story of YOUR grizzly bear? Was it:

• An aggressive grizzly bear?
• A curious bear?
• Did it just plop down on the trail in front of you, refusing to move as it soaked up the Montana sunlight?
• Did the grizzly bear investigate your campsite through the night?
• Or did you spot it from the safety of your car?

What emotions did YOU experience? Did your spine tingle when you spotted a grizzly bear in the backcountry? Did your wife squeeze your arm so hard it stopped the blood?

Share your heroics and allay people's fears of hiking near grizzly bears--share YOUR grizzly bear story with the world!

People are deathly afraid of hiking through grizzly bear habitat.

But the truth is, seeing a grizzly bear while hiking is a magical experience.

Share YOUR grizzly bear story with the world!

Click on the links below for magical encounters in grizzly bear habitat, all written by those who've been on this page.

Grizzlies in Salmo-Priest Wilderness/Colville National Forest 
Just two days ago, my boyfriend and I were finishing up a three day loop through the Salmo-Priest Wilderness area and Colville National Forest that passes ...

Grizzly Bear at Swifcurrent Lake in Glacier National Park 
The Glacier National Park hiking trail was marked as an active grizzly bear area and while hiking, we saw a LOT of grizzly bear scat. The scat was along ...

Bear Awareness in Glacier National Park 
I don't want to scare you (or anyone else who reads this), but I think one should be very aware of bears when hiking in Glacier National Park.

It ...

Hole in the Wall August 07 
On the second day of a backcountry trip in Glacier, we shared our area with a Grizzly.

Our route was a shuttle from Goat Haunt to Kintla Lake via the ...

Grizzly Bear Stops Our Hike to Gross Ventre Falls 
Back in 2004, my wife Yumi and I had set up camp at Cosley Lake and decided to hike over to Gros Ventre Falls, since we were headed over to Elizabeth Lake ...

Grizzly Encounters in Glacier National Park 
In August of 2008 my hiking partner spotted a grizzly while we were on the Grinnell Glacier trail in Glacier National Park, just below a waterfall that ...

Hiking With Grizzly Bears in Glacier National Park, 1976  Not rated yet
1976, somewhere near the middle of a 30-mile hike, I left Logan Pass on the trail north.

This trail is cut into the steep and sometimes sheer west ...

Hiking Through Grizzly Bear Habitat: Why You Should Never Hike Alone  Not rated yet
In 1967, two young women were killed in Glacier National Park on the same night by two separate Grizzly Bears. This incident is chronicled in Jack Olsons ...

Recent Glacier National Park Grizzly Bear encounter near Swiftcurrent Pass  Not rated yet
I was hiking down from Swiftcurrent Pass the other day, just after the closure.

I was well aware of bears in the area and was doing a lot of yelling....

Grizzly Bear Encounter in North Cascades, WA  Not rated yet
My ex gf (no, a grizzly bear did not eat her) and I were hiking in late spring last year in the north cascades of Washington state on the Panther Creek ...

Grizzly Bear in Banff, Alberta  Not rated yet
I grew up in Toronto, so I had never seen a wild grizzly bear before.

But I was at a picnic table in Banff last summer - uploading pictures to my laptop ...

Grizzly Bear Near Many Glacier Lodge  Not rated yet
In 2007, we were hiking back from Grinnel Glacier in the late afternoon.

Towards the bottom of the glacier trail, where it meets up with the trail ...

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