Glacier National Park hiker injured by bear defending cubs
A cinnamon phase black bear sow and her two tiny cubs traverse a hillside after twice crossing over Red Sleep Mountain Drive at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A female hiker was injured by a bear in the Goat Haunt area of Glacier National Park on the afternoon of Aug. 27, according to park officials.
The 34-year-old woman was hiking in a brushy section of trail near Lake Janet Wilderness Campground at about 3:15 p.m. when she encountered a brown-colored sow and two cubs. The bear charged at the woman, swiping at her shoulder and arm. The bear fled when a fellow hiker deployed bear spray.
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