On Saturday, we heard about a black bear near Cathedral Rocks... Today, the person who photographed that bear wrote.
More about the climbing bear from David Gutzman of UT.
"We were approaching Ingraham Flats when we heard some rock fall... we looked and saw what we thought was a large, odd shaped rock tumble down a hundred feet onto the glacier. To our surprise the rock got up , shook itself, took one look at us and took off..."
David shot a few images and shared them. Wildlife high on Rainier isn't entirely unheard of, but it's certainly a rare treat to encounter something like a bear at 11,100 feet.
David continued, "[The bear] ran full speed uphill (through deep snow) across the... Ingraham and looked like it was heading towards the Emmons Glacier, all the time glancing our way." On the climbing front, the weather finally cleared some today...but more snow is forecasted for the week. Let's see if this snow will settle.
On Saturday, we heard about a black bear near Cathedral Rocks... Today, the person who photographed that bear wrote.
More about the climbing bear from David Gutzman of UT.
David continued, "[The bear] ran full speed uphill (through deep snow) across the... Ingraham and looked like it was heading towards the Emmons Glacier, all the time glancing our way." On the climbing front, the weather finally cleared some today...but more snow is forecasted for the week. Let's see if this snow will settle.