The largest grizzly I've ever seen was in there in 2004. I was glassing from high above the head of a large drainage and picked up with my binoculars what I thought was at first a moose feeding in a wide band of willow. A closer look with the spotting scope revealed a tremendous boar grizzly working his way across it. My pal and I watched him for over an hour. I finally said,"Look at him, he doesn't have a care in the world." Alan laughed, and said, "He doesn't have to care about anything." Top of the Apex....
I'm glad they're there. They've been there for thousands of years and belong there. That country wouldn't feel right without them being there.
I agree. the bears belong there. those backcountry bears mind their Ps and Qs but the bears closer to the trailhead can get a little pushy. still, nothing turns a walk in the woods into a treasured memory like brush with a big bear.
Guns don't kill people, drivers with cell phones kill people.
