Lower 48 Bears Are More ‘Grouchy’ And Prone To Attack, Biologist Says

A 34-year-old woman was hurt in a bear attack in Glacier National Park, Montana, and experts say she’s lucky her hiking partner was there to blast it with bear spray.

It wasn’t clear whether the bear, a female with two cubs, was a grizzly or a cinnamon-colored black bear, according to the National Park Service.

It attacked the woman, whose name was not released, Wednesday after a close encounter along a brushy section of a trail near the Lake Janet Wilderness Campground.

The bear charged the woman and swiped at her shoulder and arm, park officials reported, then fled when a hiking companion hit the animal with a blast of bear spray.

The encounter lasted about 30 seconds, park officials reported.

The woman was later taken to Logan Health Medical Center in Kalispell, Montana, for treatm