An early and unexpected wake up call for a Kananaskis grizzly, thought to have been roused from its hibernation by a group of passing skiers, has prompted a rare winter bear warning from Alberta Pa…
Arian Spiteri, district conservation officer for Peter Lougheed provincial park, said the groggy bruin was first reported by a group of six skiers who were in a remote area south of Upper Kananaskis Lake last week just as it emerged from its winter den.
Spiteri said the largest bears tend to be the first to emerge from their dens after their winter hibernation, though typically that’s not until mid-March at the earliest. Aerial photo of a bear den taken in 2018 after the bear had already left it in the spring. Photo courtesy Alberta Parks
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