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Do bears really hibernate on the west side?
Quote from: jackelope on February 17, 2015, 12:55:28 PMDo bears really hibernate on the west side?Yup! Mountain black bears do hibernate on the west side. We have snow up north... Not as much as we should have, but we do have snow above 4,000'. Many dens above that elevation are certainly snowed in. Lowland bears take 'extended sleeps'. Shortened terms of hibernation where they'll wake up once in a while. Come out to get rid of waste, feed on what's available, go back to sleep. Seeing a blacky up here before March is pretty rare. And I'm talking just 60 miles north of highway 2. Like that's way north.. No, it's not. -Steve