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08-18-2020, 08:43 PM #11426
my suggestion would be
don't trail ride solo in grizzly country
If you are not willing to be killed or mauled...
... there are other places to ride.
Respectfully. skiJ
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08-18-2020, 10:53 PM #11427
I saw a 600 pound or so sow at the bottom of Little Wapiti. I had just climbed up it the day before...
Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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08-19-2020, 10:09 AM #11428Registered User
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Yeah I just try and avoid solo riding in certain areas like south of big sky, mile/sheep, etc. I used to ride fish camp, north fork and others quite a bit but especially after the recent mauling on ousel I've really dialed it back(hell I even get nervous riding mtn to meadow early season). When I did ride solo I would just yell a lot and very loudly and of course spray. Always entertaining running into people yelling like an idiot.
And yeah I'm in the bears are cool camp but we are quickly approaching a need for a management strategy.
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08-19-2020, 10:14 AM #11429Registered User
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I have one of these things - you either lock it and it's silent, or unlock it and it just jingles the whole time. I know there's some conflicting opinions on bear bells and what not, but it at least gives me some peace of mind and I don't feel the need to yell constantly.
https://www.rei.com/product/116730/t...E&gclsrc=aw.ds
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08-19-2020, 12:35 PM #11430Registered User
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Has anyone been a volunteer ski patroller? Thinking of possibly applying at great divide.
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08-19-2020, 12:51 PM #11431Registered User
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I've heard rumors of a griz/cinnamon up around Leverich. Anyone seen/heard anything?
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08-19-2020, 01:05 PM #11432
I've never thought a bell would be nearly loud enough. I have always heard that bears don't have all that great of hearing to begin with. Smell is their #1 sense, no?
I yell way louder than any bell when riding solo anywhere near grizz country.
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08-19-2020, 01:29 PM #11433I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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08-19-2020, 01:39 PM #11434
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08-19-2020, 01:39 PM #11435Registered User
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08-19-2020, 01:42 PM #11436Registered User
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I'd agree on the bears having bad hearing thing. I yell a lot, but the bell has a bit of a peace of mind factor to it, and it's actually quite loud when you're hitting a lot of bumps
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08-19-2020, 01:50 PM #11437Registered User
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That's good to know. I'm riding Sourdough to Hyalite solo most days at sunrise. Might stick to that vs. come down Leverich. Although I just realized you were posting about this on the previous page and you saw it up there too. Huh.
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08-19-2020, 02:17 PM #11438
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08-19-2020, 02:20 PM #11439Registered User
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08-19-2020, 03:12 PM #11440
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08-19-2020, 03:58 PM #11441
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08-19-2020, 06:19 PM #11442
Healthy looking bear.
I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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08-19-2020, 06:30 PM #11443
New article in the Missoulian (or the “Lee Enterprises newsroom”) talking about the increase in July visitation for YNP:
https://missoulian.com/lifestyles/re...2aacb1c97.html
So we all knew that visitation was up from the pandemic, pushing people into making trips to the national parks. But it’s interesting to see some numbers to back it up.
Hope the summer tourist season is staying tolerable for you all in that part of the woods
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08-19-2020, 07:35 PM #11444Registered User
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As an employee for a concessionaire in the park, let's just say Angry August came early this year...
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08-20-2020, 10:03 AM #11445Registered User
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I drove through the park to Cooke a few weeks ago and I was surprised at how quiet it seemed.
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08-20-2020, 12:10 PM #11446
Anybody else get the letter from T&T? Ended up in my spam folder. Not much of much note except they do plan to offer another chance to buy a pass. And they posted this video.
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08-20-2020, 12:43 PM #11447
Not a bad letter.
I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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08-20-2020, 01:45 PM #11448
Latest update on the Bridger rumor mill. Heard from a long time patroller that some sort of reservation system is on the table for this season.
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08-20-2020, 03:51 PM #11449
Interesting. Seems like that'd make Bridger the exclusive place to be this winter.
Touring all winter sounds more and more appealing.
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08-20-2020, 06:54 PM #11450
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