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Bear Activity

Bow Valley WildSmart provides a weekly summary of bear activity in the Bow Valley between Banff Park Gate to Bow Valley Provincial Park. The summary is based upon a compilation of bear information provided by government agencies and unconfirmed sightings reported by the public each week. It is not intended to be used as a real time, complete record of where bears are in the valley.

Please note: Bear Activity Reports have ended for the season and will resume in the spring, around May/June, depending on the level of bear activity. During the winter months, we will provide a monthly summary of Wildlife Activity, starting in January 2012.

Bear Activity: October 21 to 27, 2011

October 28, 2011 in Bear Activity by WildSmart

There was grizzly bear activity reported in the Georgetown Zone this week. Black bear activity has been reported at South Canmore and Quaite Valley Zones.

Bear Activity: October 14 to 20, 2011

October 21, 2011 in Bear Activity by WildSmart

There was no grizzly bear activity reported in the Bow Valley this week. Black bear activity has been reported at South Canmore, Silvertip, Lac des Arcs, Quaite Valley, Heart Creek and YMCA Zones.

Bear Activity: October 7 to 13, 2011

October 14, 2011 in Bear Activity by WildSmart

There has been a single grizzly bear reported at the Canmore Nordic centre this week. Black bear activity has been reported at Yamnuska Zone.

Bear Activity: September 30 to October 6, 2011

October 7, 2011 in Bear Activity by WildSmart

There has been no grizzly bear activity reported in the Bow Valley this week. Black bear activity has been reported at Quaite Valley, YMCA and Yamnuska Zones.

Bear Activity: September 23 to 29, 2011

September 30, 2011 in Bear Activity by WildSmart

There has been no grizzly bear activity reported in the Bow Valley this week. Black bear activity has been reported at Gap Hill and Exshaw Zones.

Bear Activity: September 16 to 22, 2011

September 23, 2011 in Bear Activity by WildSmart

There has grizzly activity reported in Wind Valley Zone this week. Black bear activity has been reported at Quarry/ Grassi Lake, Grassi Corridor, Rundleview, South Canmore, Bow River Channel, Deadmans Flats, Exshaw, Lac des Arcs, Heart Creek, and Bow Valley Provincial Park Zones.

Bear Activity: September 9 to 15, 2011

September 16, 2011 in Bear Activity by WildSmart

There has been no grizzly activity reported in the Bow Valley this week. Black bear activity has been reported at Harvie Heights West, Canmore Nordic Centre, Quarry/ Grassi Lake, Rundleview, Bow River Channel, Deadmans Flats, Exshaw, Lac des Arcs, Yamnuska, YMCA and Bow Valley Provincial Park Zones.

Bear Activity: September 2 to 8, 2011

September 9, 2011 in Bear Activity by WildSmart

There has been grizzly activity reported in Wind Valley. Black bear activity has been reported at Canmore Nordic Centre, Rundleview, Bow River Channel, South Canmore, Exshaw, Lac des Arcs and Bow Valley Provincial Park Zones.

Bear Activity: August 26 to September 1, 2011

September 2, 2011 in Bear Activity by WildSmart

There has been no grizzly activity reported this week in the Bow Valley other than a possible report from the Mt Lady MacDonald zone. Black bear activity has been reported at Canmore Nordic Centre, Quarry/ Grassi Lake, Bow River Channel, Rundleview, TSR Resort, TSR South, Deadmans Flats, Lac des Arcs, Heart Creek, Quaite Valley, and Bow Valley Provincial Park Zones.

Bear Activity: August 19 to 25, 2011

August 26, 2011 in Bear Activity by WildSmart

There has been no grizzly activity reported this week in the Bow valley. Black bear activity has been reported at Canmore Nordic Centre, Quarry/ Grassi Lake, Bow River Channel, TSR Resort, TSR South, Deadmans Flats, Exshaw, Lac des Arcs, Heart Creek, Gap Hill and Bow Valley Provincial Park Zones.

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Activity by Zones
Alpine Club Benchlands Bow Des Arcs Bow Flats Bow River Bow River Channel West Bow Valley Provincial Park Canmore Golf Course Canmore Nordic Centre Cougar Creek Deadmans Flats Eagle Terrace Exshaw Gap Hill Georgetown Grassi Corridor Harvie Heights Harvie Heights/ Benchlands Harvie Heights West Heart Creek Lac des Arcs Mt. Lady MacDonald North Canmore Pigeon Mountain Quaite Valley Quarry/Grassi Lake Rundleview Silvertip South Canmore South Industrial Stewart Creek Three Sisters Resort TSR South Wind Valley Yamnuska YMCA
What is this? The above tag cloud is a visual depiction of Zones used for reporting Bear & Wildlife Activity. The bigger the font, the more activity. Click on any Zone to view all related Activity Reports.

Bear Activity

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Activity by Zones