Bear famine over!
Sep 19th 2008 | 7:14 am
#17
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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From: Windsor, ON; Chicago, IL
Re: Bear famine over!
Great pics 
Not sure your officer was being generous though, can't you bring 24 beers back each after 2days out of Canada?
Not sure your officer was being generous though, can't you bring 24 beers back each after 2days out of Canada?
Sep 19th 2008 | 9:34 am
#19
Fluffy Dippindoodle
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 908
From: Newfoundland at last!
Re: Bear famine over!
Congratulations on the end of the famine - and wow, what a hike! Looks amazing.
I saw a bear on my very first night in Canada - thought I would see them all the time after that. Never seen once since! Although, we do have a pet moose who comes into the garden, Marvin.
I saw a bear on my very first night in Canada - thought I would see them all the time after that. Never seen once since! Although, we do have a pet moose who comes into the garden, Marvin.
Sep 19th 2008 | 9:40 am
#20
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little snowy owl
Joined: Nov 2004
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Re: Bear famine over!
LOL I bet! The rest of my family spotted one (a grizzly!) on their first drive into the mountains, while I was still back in the UK, so they've all been gloating at me for not having seen one. Actually it's been three years now, and none of the others have seen one in that time either!
Sep 19th 2008 | 9:50 am
#21
Fluffy Dippindoodle
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From: Newfoundland at last!
Re: Bear famine over!
My dad was really worried about coming over to visit because of the bears. He's a smoker and my husband had him really going for a couple of months telling him that bears are attracted to cigarette smoke so he would have to be really careful when smoking outside!
Sep 19th 2008 | 12:08 pm
#22
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From: Windsor, ON; Chicago, IL
Sep 19th 2008 | 12:54 pm
#23
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From: Okotoks and settled.
Re: Bear famine over!
They are doing maintenance work on the Going to the Sun Road. It was built in 1952 or such-like, and is badly in need of repair! We were intrigued by the free shuttle buses that troll up and down the road. You can hop on and off at any point (assuming they are not full of course) and I guess it takes some of the traffic off the road, so is a "good thing"!
Our host at the B&B told us they had wanted to close the road completely for 3-5 years for repairs, but I guess the demands of the tourist season prevented that, so now they manage to keep most of it open for most of the short season, although sometimes it's closed in one direction or the other. It is the only road across the Glacier National Park.
Visitors should check the web-site for up-to-date info on closures. By mid-October the road is often impassable due to weather for the winter anyway!
The hike was exciting and fun, although we did wonder if we'd bit off more than we could chew at times! It'd be great for teenagers, but probably too much for young kids, and you do need to be reasonably able-bodied to cope with the scrambling bit. It's not recommended as a "first hike" PHA!!
Not a walk for dogs either.
Bear encounters are quite frequent we hear, and some Parks Canada guys who were camping up there and working on the trail warned us there was a black bear at their camp we went past. Didn't see it, but we suspected it might've seen us!
We were warned that the biggest cause of death is people slipping and falling off waterfalls (about 12 fatalities in the park), and the one at the end is about 160 ft high, so care is needed if folks want to peer over the top for the view!
Our host at the B&B told us they had wanted to close the road completely for 3-5 years for repairs, but I guess the demands of the tourist season prevented that, so now they manage to keep most of it open for most of the short season, although sometimes it's closed in one direction or the other. It is the only road across the Glacier National Park.
Visitors should check the web-site for up-to-date info on closures. By mid-October the road is often impassable due to weather for the winter anyway!
The hike was exciting and fun, although we did wonder if we'd bit off more than we could chew at times! It'd be great for teenagers, but probably too much for young kids, and you do need to be reasonably able-bodied to cope with the scrambling bit. It's not recommended as a "first hike" PHA!!
Not a walk for dogs either.
Bear encounters are quite frequent we hear, and some Parks Canada guys who were camping up there and working on the trail warned us there was a black bear at their camp we went past. Didn't see it, but we suspected it might've seen us! We were warned that the biggest cause of death is people slipping and falling off waterfalls (about 12 fatalities in the park), and the one at the end is about 160 ft high, so care is needed if folks want to peer over the top for the view!
