We were heading back to the Elbow Lake parking lot after coming from an out and
back trip to Tombstone Lakes. 1.5 kms from Elbow Lake we ran into two men
heading in the opposite direction. They warned us that a 2-3 year old grizzly
was between the parking lot and Elbow Lake. They said they ran into it but it
wasn't interested in them. They just waited for it to pass by and continued
on. They told us it'd probably be gone by the time we got there.
As we approached the bridge crossing the stream just prior to Elbow Lake, on
the return, the grizzly was 20 feet in front of us. So, it was heading up the
valley towards Tombstone Lakes.
We backed up slowly and it wasn't interested in us. It kept on searching the
foliage. We skirted off through the rough scrub towards the pine tree line to
give it space and us something to climb up in case.
The grizzly kept walking on the trail towards Tombstone. It stood up and
smelled in our direction a few times but that was it. It wasn't interested in
us.
When it had passed, we headed back down the trail to our car.
We immediately reported it to the EMS station off Highway 40.
So, beware of a young grizzly around the Tombstone/Elbow Lake area.
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