Thanks for the article Chris. I love reading bear encounter stuff. I remember when Cache Ahead and I saw that Grizzly at Glacier National Park. We had just finished the virts up in that park and had gone exploring up another road on the east side of the great park.
We didn't think...just jumped out of the rig to take pics of the4 bruin. Hell, it was only on the ohter side of the road...just behind some bushes. Then it crossed the road, angling, towards us. At this time, we decided we'd better get back to the truck. As it was, it just continued on down into the brush on our side. Quite a sight! We managed to get a couple pics of it.
I won't be solo hiking in Montana...Grizzlies are a different critter than your average black bear. I had one black bear encounter several years ago, but it took off just after a minute of lookng at me as I climbed up over a small knoll. It had been grazing on blueberries.