Where to See Black Bear in Icefields Parkway (Highway 93)

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Black Bear sightings in Icefields Parkway

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Where Black Bear has been reported, from 127 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM1% of the busiest hour1 AM1% of the busiest hour2 AM1% of the busiest hour3 AM3% of the busiest hour4 AM16% of the busiest hour5 AM63% of the busiest hour6 AM89% of the busiest hour7 AM95% of the busiest hour8 AM74% of the busiest hour9 AM58% of the busiest hour10 AM47% of the busiest hour11 AM37% of the busiest hourNoon32% of the busiest hour1 PM37% of the busiest hour2 PM42% of the busiest hour3 PM58% of the busiest hour4 PM68% of the busiest hour5 PM79% of the busiest hour6 PM95% of the busiest hour7 PMBusiest hour8 PM89% of the busiest hour9 PM63% of the busiest hour10 PM16% of the busiest hour11 PM5% of the busiest hour

Black Bear is most seen 6–8 AM and 6–9 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Black Bear sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	1%
1 AM	1%
2 AM	1%
3 AM	3%
4 AM	16%
5 AM	63%
6 AM	89%
7 AM	95%
8 AM	74%
9 AM	58%
10 AM	47%
11 AM	37%
Noon	32%
1 PM	37%
2 PM	42%
3 PM	58%
4 PM	68%
5 PM	79%
6 PM	95%
7 PM	100%
8 PM	89%
9 PM	63%
10 PM	16%
11 PM	5%

Audio tour

Hear about Black Bear on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Icefields Parkway, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Icefields Parkway Tour Guide

A Winter Nursery in the Bear Den

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“A black bear can give birth and feed her cubs for weeks without leaving her winter den to eat. The cubs arrive in midwinter, tiny and helpless, with their eyes still closed.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Icefields Parkway Tour Guide.

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Where to look

Icefields Parkway spots that mention Black Bear

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Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Black Bear. A good start, never a guarantee.

Trails

ChallengingTonquin Valley Trail46 km · 20 hrCross Maccarib Pass to a lake beneath the Ramparts.

Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

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16 sighting mapsfor Icefields Parkway, on the same park map as your route
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141 audio storiesplay as you drive Icefields Parkway, wildlife included

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Icefields Parkway

All 16 sighting maps

12 sightingsGrizzly BearUrsus arctos horribilisMost seen 6–8 AM & 8 PMSighting map

16 sightingsMooseAlces alcesMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

100 sightingsElkCervus canadensisMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

34 sightingsMountain GoatOreamnos americanusMost seen 7 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

53 sightingsBighorn SheepOvis canadensisMost seen 7 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

12 sightingsMule DeerOdocoileus hemionusMost seen 7 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

16 sightingsMarmotMarmota caligataMost seen 6–9 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

20 sightingsPikaOchotona princepsMost seen 7–10 AM & 4–8 PMSighting map

Where to see Black Bear in Icefields Parkway