A man hiking in Montana’s Glacier National Park was attacked by a bear, resulting in a closure for a section of the park’s Highline Trail.
On Thursday, Sept. 19, the National Park Service (NPS) announced in a press release that a 35-year-old man was hiking near the park’s Grinnell Glacier Overlook trailhead early in the morning when his hiking party “encountered the bear” and he was injured.
“The injured visitor hiked to Granite Park Chalet with assistance from rangers and other hikers where he was met by Two Bear Air and flown to the Apgar horse corrals, then transported by Three Rivers ambulance to the hospital in Whitefish, [Mont.],” the NPS wrote.
According to the Associated Press, the hike from where the attack took place and Granite Park Chalet is over a mile long.
According to the NPS, the man’s injuries were not life threatening, and officials are still investigating what species of bear was responsible …