Grizzly Bear Pictures

Grizzly bear pictures, taken at Glacier National park, this guide will help you plan your visit to all of Glacier National Park hotels, motels, lodges, camping and much more.

The grizzly mother gives birth in the high country, in a snug and cozy den in late January or early February. Here the newborn baby grizzly bear, weighing far less than an average human child, crawls over its mother's thick fur to find a teat and begin sucking rich warm milk. It's hard to imagine that such a tiny grizzly bear will eventually grow into a huge animal weighing 500 to 800 pounds or more.

There is an old saying that the only way to survive being chased by a grizzly, is to be able to out run the hiker with you.




A grizzly bear cub however, is far more self-sufficient than a child. It has a set of sharp teeth, a protective coat of fur and sharp claws.

Despite resembling our culture's favorite childhood image, a cute and cuddly teddy, this baby bear is a self contained dynamo ready to begin its two to three years of intensive lessons from mother on how to survive in Glacier National Park and other bear habitat.

This cub, like all grizzly bear cubs, is filled with endless energy and an insatiable appetite as well as curiosity, playfulness and a zest for life.

As the weather warms, the mother grizzly and cub move down slope to find an open area where a winter avalanche has scoured the snow away, allowing succulent green plants to emerge earlier than in other areas.

Grizzly Pictures were taken by Mark J. Harlow ©2007,
we met Mark while up taking photos in Glacier Park.
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