Two hikers in the McGregor Mountain area northeast of Prince George have been attacked by a grizzly bear, according to the B.C. Conservation Office Service.

The service has not said whether the hikers were injured in the Oct. 12 attack. However, hiking in the Pass Lake area has been cancelled and all trails in the area are closed as the service’s predator attack team investigators scour the area.

A photo from the scene shows an RCMP helicopter and a civilian helicopter flying above a mostly unwooded ridge with a light dusting of snow.

On Sept. 29, near Fort St. James in north central B.C., a hunter was charged by a grizzly sow and bitten on the ankle. As the mother bear was protecting its cub, the incident was deemed defensive.

The bear withdrew after the attack, and the hunter was abl

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