Thanks for your kind comments and personal thoughts. While I probably won't be replying, I will try to read all of them. Please keep things respectable.

@mtman2

2 ай бұрын

Where was his bear spray front and center on a chest rig...??? An air horn might also prove helpful if necessary = BE PREPARED beforehand not be stupidly unprepared is the point and a couple fast light flares are also smart...!

Glacier is one of our favorites! It's so incredibly beautiful! It definitely gets your heart pumping when running into bears, especially a mama bear and her two cubs. We're so glad they were not aggressive. Praise God all was OK. Great footage, Randy! 🐻🐾

And... you got some great footage to boot. Thanks for sharing it. They're beautiful creatures. I had a similar experience last summer in the California Sierras. Moments like that give you a heightened sense of and gratitude for life!

Wow! What a remarkable encounter and it seems to me, you did everything right and walked away with some great footage and great memories! Thank you for sharing ❤

Wow! Your last few sentences sum it all up, scary, exciting, memorable, thankful. Thanks for sharing.

Wow!! What an experience! So glad you were smart, respectful and aware and that kept you safe. What a gift to see the little family on their own day out!

Wow Randy, such an awesome and terrifying experience. God was very much with you on the trail that day. Great video!!... Robin

I spent over 35 years hiking and climbing Glacier Park. Probably close to 6000 trail miles and well over 100 peak summits. Dozens upon dozens of nights camping and fishing and over 100 days biking the closed road during spring plowing.. I love Glacier Park. Your experience mimics my experiences exactly. Never did I have to deploy spray. Never. And I can't count the number grizzly sightings and meetings I had in my years exploring. The trick is to remain calm and show zero aggression. Back off slowly. Congrats on your life time memory. It's what makes exploring Glacier do special. Wait until you have a mountain lion encounter or a wolf encounter. Fun!!

Bravo! Kept those bears safe by keeping your cool,"Shore Boy".

I sometimes think that they know our hearts and spirits. Glad you're safe.

Beautiful, but unexpected video footage of your encounter and hike. Really appreciate, once again, this teachable moment. Your recap/tips are great! Take care always😊

Wow! What a fantastic encounter. Great job navigating a challenging encounter. We encountered Black Bears in Grand Teton and Mount Rainier, which are supposed to be less aggressive than Grizzlies, but at the moment, that's not running through your head, LOL. This is such an important video to share and reinforce what to do. Thank you and much love

Amazing! The beats are Beautiful! You did a Great job! Thanks for sharing your Adventure! 🌻

Wow, glad it all worked out. I agree with your end of video comment, don't want to see them in person, but also want to. It's a risk reward type of experience. Keep filming as your videos continue to be appreciated and are impressive.

Wow. What an incredible experience for you. Thank you for sharing and of course happy everything ended well and with beautiful footage.

Stay safe out there my friend! Glad the bears saw you as friend instead of foe. Look forward to visiting Glacier, but encountering a Grizzly while on the trail is definitely always in the back of your mind while hiking in this particular park.

so glad you handled it well and you and the bears emerged unscathed.

@phillipbriscoe7730

2 ай бұрын

I’m never ever scared of a Grizzly I’m the grizzly is not ready hiding and running 🤔

You did most things right so glad there was no encounter! On my trip to Glacier I did not buy bear spray & was thankful I didn't see any on my hike. Also, I was hiking with a friend who was much larger & slower than me.😂

WOW!!! I have come across black bears in the wild but never a grizzly....must have been a terrifying experience. Thanks for sharing your encounter. On a side note I just discovered your channel and have been binge watching your adventures. My wife and I also love the National Parks/Monuments of this Great country!!! Would love to meet you sometime. We will be exploring Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and Texas this summer. We are home based in Tucson, AZ so if you ever get back down this way I have a few hikes I would love to take you on.

@AmericasParks

2 ай бұрын

Really glad to hear that, Steve! Enjoy your upcoming trips. Western Nebraska really surprised me with its unique beauty. Thanks for the kind invitation!

I’m heading to Glacier for a week in July. Already nervous about grizzly, thanks for the video Randy 😂

Always have bear spray. Im surprised mama bear didn't go into protection mode. Ya don't run. About three feet away you can use spray. Nice video. Winds are bad the spray will be right back at ya. Glad your safe.

I'm glad you're safe, brother.

Great video, Rande. I happened to be watching another hiker hiking up the Siyeh trail who also ran into a couple of grizzly bears. The grizzly bears were aware of the hikers, but were more focused on turning over rocks looking for some food. Sounds like you had a great trip visiting Glacier.

Oh my! That sounds a bit scary to me. But it sounds like you did everything right. I remember my visit to Glacier and how signs were posted throughout the park warning about the bears. What a beautiful healthy looking sow and cubs though! So glad it turned out well. And what an adventure!

I'm Glad you had this encounter without incident. People can think they are prepared to handle the situation but when you get in it, things get real very quickly. Good job and be safe out there.

Wow...terrifying and exhilarating at the same time! Beautiful footage. Thank the Lord for your protection!

Amazing video! Glad everything ended up OK. I had a similar experience during Sep of 2021. I hiked Shangri-la with a guy I just met at the Many Glacier Campground. It's an off trail hike to Iceberg Lake. He was leading the way when I looked up and saw a hugh grizzly 20 feet in front of us. I grabbed my bear spray & yanked him back. Luckily the bear was more interested in digging for roots than attacking us. After looping way around we watched the bear take a swim in a high plateau lake to cool off before we desended down to Iceberg Lake & back to our campground. This amazing experience could have ended in disaster. Being the more experienced "woodsman" I should have been in the lead the entire time. I'll never make that mistake again. Anyways great video. Thank you.

If Mama had found a good berry patch, she is intent on gorging. Since hyperphagia is driving her, she is not going to yield. She knew that you were approaching: if she had been surprised, her reaction would have been different. In Fall, huckleberry and serviceberry seem to be favorites and are abundant. Today is March 18, 2024: two days ago the first bear of the season was spotted 1/4 mile from my home in the Flathead Valley of NW Montana, 50 miles south of Glacier.

Wow, what an experience! Smart choices made here. I don't think many of us would have much advantage when it comes to fighting a bear, lol.

Wow! So glad you were safe!!

Hey Randy, Joyce and I were out at glacier this past September. And we saw our first grizzly in the meadow at the river, but we were about 100 yards away. That thing was huge. I couldn’t imagine coming up on a mother and her cubs. Glad things worked out for all of us. Oh, and we almost got rundown by Bighorn sheep running down the trail at Two Medicine. That took us by surprise🤣🤣🤣

God was with you that day. Sow and cubs usually ends poorly. What an amazing experience!

I will say this; you got lucky. But I could see that you were downwind of them. WHEW!

first of all AWESOME you went to Glacier looks like you handled the situation very well and got some GREAT video too. Sounds like you did things mostly correctly and good job learning what mistakes you made and sharing them with us. excellent video. /ps comic coincidence, Roxana and i will backpack yosemite creek to the top of yosemite falls this year, we'll get that view you got but go the easy way from the top hahaha

Hey Randy, what an experience..more impressive was that hiking trail.. what a beautiful place.

Thank you for doing it right.

Another great video. I’ll be there later this year. I’ve been debating solo hiking vs taking some buddies. As you mentioned, groups are better than going solo in bear country. Bear educated groups with multiple bear defense options.

Again, rock solid content MrRandy😉

Bears looked pretty chill to me. Luckily the cubs were close by mama.

amazing

Being within 20-30 yards of a mama grizzly is absolutely terrifying. Looks like you handled it extremely well under the circumstances. Do you carry on your hikes? I know bear spray is the preferred method but unfortunately it’s not always reliable, especially in rainy or windy conditions.

Wow what an experience!

That is a bit scary. Thankful the Lord helped you!

You're lucky.

Be careful out there man!

Definitely think you did an amazing job with the encounter. I don’t think I would have done it any different.

Bears trivia Black-fight back Brown-lay down White-good night

With all the hiking and places you've been to, this was bound to eventually happen! I'm glad the bears didn't really care too much about you. The fact that it was windy would have been tough to use the spray. It could blow back onto you or not go the direction you want it. Plus, you don't want to traumatize the cubs by temporarily incapacitating their mother. I'm glad everything turned out ok, my friend.

Yikes Randy! Scary, but an incredible experience I'm guessing. We were just in a black bear habitat area with signs everywhere warning it was a habitat. I've gone from alligator warnings to bear warnings... Interesting to know to not make direct eye contact. I'll file that one away.

@AmericasParks

2 ай бұрын

Yes, just enjoyed your video! Keep me in the boat far away from those gators! :)

I don't understand how you would NOT expect to see Griz on any glacier hike ❓️Especially since I'm reading more about them being seen now farther east in Mt.

One thing I am scared to encounter. I hope to remember what to do on my hikes.

Your lucky the cubs didn't get too curious and come to play with you

Beautiful footage, of iconic animals in one of the most magnificent parks in N.America. The mother bear must be familiar with humans and knows she and her cubs are safe in the park, plus trophy hunting of G.bears is banned in BC, which I think is good, trophy hunting of any species is just killing for fun. If G.bear t.hunting is banned it makes it easier to end all t. hunting as most outfitters make $100,000 from g.bear hunting.

Something happened to me in Glacier last year. Ran into two Grizzlies on separate occasion, even though I was making noise. No cubs though. Bears showed no interest in me.

I’m gonna be honest. I have very very little confidence in bear spray deterring an angry grizzly. That couple that died with their dog due to a Grizzly attack in Canada had sprayed an entire bottle and for a determined grizzly, it didn’t matter.

@tailgunnerhikes4703

2 ай бұрын

Given that Garmin message reportly was "Bear attack, bad", logical conclusion is bear attacked, was driven off by something, allowing survivor(s) to send message, before a second attack occurred. One possibility is they emptied the entire container in the first attack, deterring the grizzly before it came back for round 2.

You wouldn't have a chance to get your spray mounted on shoulder strap if a bear charges.

!!!!!!!!!

Man...that's scary.

Did you report your encounter to a ranger? I think they'll close trails to hiking if bears are in the area.

@AmericasParks

2 ай бұрын

Warned all approaching hikers and then went directly to the visitor center when finished to discuss this incident with an ranger.

@debrametcalf2820

2 ай бұрын

Well done! If I had been one of those hikers you warned I would have definitely turned around. lol @@AmericasParks

Another reason I prefer Utah. Bears ain't likely to be on a desert trail.

@JP-dz7zu

2 ай бұрын

Just mountain lions in Utah

BEAR WITH ME, but one should alwayzzz BEAR IN MIND, TO BEAR A G L O C K 10mm, w extended clip, when in BEARLAND. Other times, let it be someonee else s CROSS TO BEAR; so you ll live to see another trek - maybe even on BEAR ISLAND, off Jan Mayen ... 🇫🇮

I hike with the proper firearm 🦅🇺🇸

You did the correct thing. Attacks occur when people make themselves prey, by running, yelling, screaming, surprising bears and not facing them while standing, no eye contact, don't smile and show teeth. A sow with cubs, that are closer, best to drop in fetal position, protecting neck and head. Keep quiet. She may swat you, but not attack you. Wait until they move on, then slowly leave. Don't do that with males.

I heard that bear spray is useless against Grizzlies. Just pisses em off.

@patrickmcginty7154

2 ай бұрын

That is incorrect. Bear spray is very effective against both grizzly and black bears because the pepper is very irritating to an animal whose smell is 2000x better than a humans. Just think how irritating it is to you. There are very rare occasions where the bears momentum may carry into you but rare. Effective bear spray radius is like 14 feet. Bear spray is more effective than shooting a bear and will save a bear. If you shoot a bear with a gun, it better be a high caliber weapon and you better empty all chambers. You also better have excellent aim in a highly stressful. rushed situation. A wounded bear is an extremely dangerous bear. A bear sprayed with bear spray will run away asap because of the irritant.

@paulmadkow9143

2 ай бұрын

@@patrickmcginty7154 ok, why don't use try it out yourself and get back to us. 😉

Wow MacMuscles! What a privilege although a nerve wracking one. No worries-a couple of swipes and you would have been in paradise! 😇

I don't think that's unexpected really. Look where your at.