WE WERE THRILLED FINALLY TO FIND AND PHOTOGRAPH THESE ELUSIVE BEARS - A GOLDEN-BACKED SOW AND HER APPROXIMATELY THREE-YEAR-OLD OFFSPRING - AS THEY CLIMBED HIGH ON A SUB-ALPINE MOUNTAINSIDE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
A GRIZZLY SOW CLIMBING A RIDGE HIGH IN SUB-ALPINE MOUNTAINS. THIS BEAR AND HER CUBS ARE NOT ADAPTED TO THE PRESENCE OF HUMANS AS ARE THE BEARS THAT FREQUENT THE SPAWNING POOLS AND CREEKS AT THE BASE OF THESE MOUNTAINS.
THIS GOLDEN-BACKED GRIZZLY IS APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS OLD AND WAS CLIMBING THE RIDGE WITH IT'S MOTHER, THE SOW IN THE PREVIOUS IMAGE.
