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<p>Photos courtesy of Jake Bramante. It was the end of August and I'd yet to see a grizzly bear from the trail. I was over halfway done with my project in a national park known for its big scary bears and I'd not seen any. I was a couple of miles away from the trailhead and I decided to record my blog. On this particular three day trip, I'd seen a black bear, a moose, some mountain goats, so I had no reason to complain. This last day I'd only seen some birds and commented about that on my blog and wrapped it up. As I walked down the Redgap Pass trail in between the Sherburne Ranger Station cutoff trail and the trailhead by Apikuni Falls, I rounded a corner to see a grizzly foraging just off the trail about 70 yards in front of me. The wind was in my face and I had some time, so I got out my camera to video him for a bit. While I videoed him, he looked up and saw me and began to wander off. I let him get out of my site, switched my camera to photo mode and looked around where he had wandered off. He happened to stop right in a gap in the trees and I was able to snap this photo and then he disappeared into the forest. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect first grizzly encounter. More information of Bramante's project is available online at www.hike734.com</p>

<p>Photos courtesy of Jake Bramante. It was the end of August and I'd yet to see a grizzly bear from the trail. I was over halfway done with my project in a national park known for its big scary bears and I'd not seen any. I was a couple of miles away from the trailhead and I decided to record my blog. On this particular three day trip, I'd seen a black bear, a moose, some mountain goats, so I had no reason to complain. This last day I'd only seen some birds and commen…

November 4, 2011