Re: big black bear track
Posted: May 30th, 2019, 2:27 pm
I walked right up on a large male black bear a few summers back at Wy'East Basin, just down Vista Ridge from the Timberline Trail.
We heard this rustling about 30 feet ahead of us in some bushes just off the trail... we must have startled him by moving fast and being upwind. He lumbered out on the trail, took a good look at us, decided he didn't want to mess with two people, and took off straight uphill.
My friend who was with me was petrified. I couldn't stop laughing. Needless to say, we handle stressful situations differently.
We heard this rustling about 30 feet ahead of us in some bushes just off the trail... we must have startled him by moving fast and being upwind. He lumbered out on the trail, took a good look at us, decided he didn't want to mess with two people, and took off straight uphill.
My friend who was with me was petrified. I couldn't stop laughing. Needless to say, we handle stressful situations differently.