@Anemone It was a pair of courting bears. The male came within 75 feet of us to look and turned away. We had a vehicle close by that we could quickly get into. The bears of Denali have a diet that is about 95% vegetation. They really don't associate people as a meal so we felt fairly safe. In the past few years I have hiked in the park by myself and have had several close encounters with bears, but I am more afraid around the moose. They are always having a bad day!

@gettinaway Agreed. Moose are the ones I fear the most as well. I saw a lovely cinnamon brown bear deep in the mountains in southern BC once - hiking with a friend, we turned around quickly. It was cute, but we were truly nowhere, not on a trail.

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Seen @ johnmarriott on insta?

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Kuzymateen bears, or some such?

@InvaderGzim @gettinaway
Just checking it out now. I don't often go to insta any longer. Lots of wildlife!

@InvaderGzim He has some beautiful shots. His website says he is from Canada! I need to check it out some.

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He also has a YouTube channel... FYI...

@Anemone I often wonder how many bear I have walked by without even seeing! One day in Denali I was walking the road and had a bus full of tourist stop to tell me a pair of bears ran across the road between me and their bus. Maybe only 50 feet between us. They were more shook up then I was!

Because, you're crazy! @gettinaway @Anemone

@Bemet_Or I grew up in Flint Michigan. At one time the murder capital of the USA. Now the water crisis is going on. I feel safer facing the bears! 😉

@gettinaway ok makes sense now! :)

@CherNohio The Denali grizzlies see a lot of people through the year. The park has only had one fatality and that was a guy who started following a big boar. He kept pushing the bears boundaries until the bear charged him. He should never have done what he did.