Description

Learn how to avoid a bear encounter—and how to react if you do see a bear—with Hiking Safely in Grizzly County. It includes descriptions of actual bear encounters in national parks.

Features

• Author Tim Rubbert has hiked more than 5,000 miles in grizzly country and encountered hundreds of bears
• This book distills his vast experience into practical instructions that are easy to follow on the trail and in camp
• These are Tim's personal "lessons learned" for travel through bear country
• Tim illustrates each lesson with descriptions of actual bear encounters in Yellowstone, Glacier and Denali national parks, often with on-the-scene photographs
• After reading this book, hikers and backpackers will have the knowledge and confidence to travel in bear country