{"id":971,"date":"2021-12-04T06:37:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T13:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/?p=971"},"modified":"2021-12-04T13:44:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T20:44:03","slug":"grizzly-bears-at-the-way-less-traveled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/04\/grizzly-bears-at-the-way-less-traveled\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzly Bears at The Way Less Traveled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many of our visitors want to know if they&#8217;ll see a bear while they stay with us, and while we cannot guarantee a bear sighting, we have seen many grizzly mothers raise cubs in our neck of the Northfork Flathead River. And, with less foot traffic than the main trails of Glacier, your odds are better here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\"><iframe title=\"Grizzly Bear and Clubs Outside Glacier National Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lNEMJQsu0Kc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mother Grizzly and Cubs Hunt for Gophers at The Way Less Traveled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Do Bears Visit?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With access to the Flathead River, a few ponds, and hundreds of miles of uninhabited Canadian Rockies just to the north, our location is perfect for a mother bear to raise cubs. In the video above, you&#8217;ll see a Grizzly and her cubs looking for gophers in our yard. When bears visit, we often see them digging for burrowing animals, especially as the winter months draw nearer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Long Do the Bears Stay?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:45% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN1022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN1022.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN1022-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The bears don&#8217;t stay throughout the entire summer, their diets require too many calories for our little yard to sustain them for more than a few days. Most grizzly bears will have a territory of about 1,000 square miles, but we have often seen the same mother and cubs pass through year after year. We love that they return to their old childhood stomping grounds, though we certainly don&#8217;t serve breakfast to our bear guests.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When Are Grizzly Cubs Born?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN1196-001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN1196-001-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN1196-001-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Most cubs are born between the months of January and February. The mother will care for them until the spring thaw, when they will all venture out looking for food. Cubs will remain with their mother for a couple years after that. We have actually seen that same mother and cubs three years in a row! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Our Guests Say<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:46% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN0388.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN0388.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSCN0388-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>We were hoping to see a bear when we visited Glacier, but we didn&#8217;t expect to see a grizzly mother and cubs at our bed and breakfast two days in a row! It made our whole trip!<\/p><cite>Matt &amp; Caitlyn Noble (visited 2017)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on bear safety at Glacier National Park, or during your stay at our bed and breakfast, <a href=\"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/bear-safety-in-and-around-glacier-national-park\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a>. To see the rooms we have available, <a href=\"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/rooms\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of our visitors want to know if they&#8217;ll see a bear while they stay with us. We cannot guarantee it, but we have seen many bears throughout the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,52],"tags":[31,53,43],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":988,"href":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions\/988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewaylesstraveled.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}