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Bear spray mandatory on popular Banff hiking tr

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Bear spray mandatory on popular Banff hiking trail


Misc CDN | 207957 hits | Jul 27 9:32 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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For the first time in a national park, Parks Canada has mandated that until Sept. 15 hikers on the popular Lake Minnewanka Trail in Banff National Park must travel in a tight group of four or more with at least one person must carry bear spray at all time

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  1. by avatar wildrosegirl
    Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:11 pm
    Nice idea but there are a few problems with this.

    1) Most people who buy bear spray don't actually know how to use it.

    2)For those who do, by the time a bear gets close enough to you for the spray to be effective, odds are incredibly good that you're already kibbles.

    Better than nothing though, I suppose. It's a small step, but a step nonetheless.

  2. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:23 pm
    "wildrosegirl" said
    Nice idea but there are a few problems with this.

    1) Most people who buy bear spray don't actually know how to use it.

    2)For those who do, by the time a bear gets close enough to you for the spray to be effective, odds are incredibly good that you're already kibbles.

    Better than nothing though, I suppose. It's a small step, but a step nonetheless.


    It was by request of the Bears. They found the humans traveling into the back country lately were a little bland.

  3. by avatar wildrosegirl
    Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:26 pm
    :lol: I guess the mandatory groups of four or more make family gatherings a little easier to host.

  4. by avatar BartSimpson  Gold Member
    Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:30 pm
    What? No little bells?

    People who go into the back country with bear spray should also wear those little bells like you see around Christmas time. That way when the rangers come across piles of poop with bells in them they'll have a better idea of what bear ate you.

  5. by avatar Brenda
    Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:35 pm
    Don't forget to put a name tag on those little bells. Makes it WAY easier for the rangers to inform the next of kin... :twisted:

  6. by avatar Hyack
    Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:36 pm

  7. by avatar wildrosegirl
    Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:37 pm
    ROTFL ROTFL ROTFL

    The funniest part of that is how much truth it holds! :lol:

  8. by avatar raydan
    Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:47 pm
    I've got to ask this.

    Who has seen the TV show Blond vs Bear?
    Who has zero interest in watching it again?

  9. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:54 pm
    Came across this fella on a hike on the KVR trail in Narramatta a couple of weeks back.



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