Mountain biking in grizzly territory seems kinda scary to me, but I’m sure people do it all the time. I wonder if they have warning notices posted like they have for mountain lions at trail heads in California.
A friend was chased by a mountain lion while riding his bike on a trail in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The cats see a fast moving object and a vaguely prey shaped object and can be triggered to launch. He ended up off his bike, holding it up between himself and the mountain lion, yelling at the top of his lungs. They eventually parted ways. Last I heard, he didn’t ride those trails alone anymore.
Yeah, wanted posters should go up all over the region. You can’t mess with former employees of the U.S. Forest Service.
Hopefully once this offending bear is eliminated, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that the remaining bears are kind, friendly and treasure mountain bikers.