Michael Allen, a local bear researcher, giving an ecology and bear watching tour. Here he is showing tourists a bear den (it is empty). I crawled into this one, and amazingly it is pretty comfortable! The wood chips give a nice cushion underneath. The black bears on the mountain have become a sight to see. A recent poll of departing tourists from the area showed that the #1 thing people regretted after leaving Whistler was not having seen a bear.

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