The Best Hikes in Glacier National Park With Kids

Guided Glacier National Park Hiking

Glacier Bay National Park Travel Guide

A bear’s necessities: a good back scratch, belly full of berries, and a groovy hip boogie before going on your way. Ah, the simple things in life. Can’t get enough fat bear content? Glacier Bay’s got ‘em too! This footage captured as recently as October 22 shows a Glacier Bay bear who has been gorging on salmon in a nearby stream. Now that salmon are done spawning, he is continuing to fatten up on bearberry, aka kinnikinnik (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi). After a good meal, who wouldn’t want a good s

Check out this amazing video of grizzly and black bears interacting, from visitor Anthony James! Normally agreeable when food is abundant, grizzly and black bears run into one another more often when food is scarce—like early summer. While grizzly bears are larger and typically stronger than black bears, this black bear displays its powerful exit strategy: climbing! The short, sharp claws of the black bear are ideal for tree climbing. The grizzly's longer, duller claws are great for digging, but