"Leave wildlife wild" is the rule I have always gone by. Sure they may look cute or hungry or "its just one treat" but that leads down a dark path quickly and unintentional consequences are a real thing we all need to keep in mind. Glad you posted this vid, it is an important topic for as much time as we spend in their habitat.

Thanks for the video. Live in Canmore. People running up to bears and interacting/taking pictures up close to them drives me nuts. Fortunately the locals will chew you out for doing it. Some of those bears look way to comfortable.

Yeah peeps. Just not messing with wildlife in general is a good rule of thumb for ANYWHERE. Just let them do their thing and you do your thing.

I'm glad you mentioned that you got too comfortable around them. You definitely should have either waited much longer or taken a different route past that bear.

I used to live up on blackcomb fist station level working as a snowboard instructor. I remember bears would come to our apartment buildings because some idiots would throw food out of the window. There is a rule a garbage bear is a dead bear..you can get fined 10k or prison even...one day a ski instructor lost one of her children 🤦🏻 the child ended up in a bear den that was luckily empty but mama bear was roaming nearby...she was so lucky...took half a day to find and rescue the child...

I had a similar encounter on my bike with a grizzly, riding home from work earlier this summer! It's crazy how time seems to go by simultaneously so quickly and so slowly during a scary encounter! Such an important video, well done!! I currently live in Jasper and work for Parks Canada, and it's incredible just how dumb people are around bears every day in the National Park. Many of the local bears may be used to humans, but they are still very large and dangerous! Never mind that human interaction and the association between humans and food sources can be incredibly harmful to these beautiful creatures. It's best for both parties that we leave the bears alone as much as possible - keep wildlife wild :)

As a whistler local it sometimes hurts to see how clueless people can be around them. Tourists think they look fluffy and cute and want to cuddle them where as the bear sees you as a meat piñata waiting to be opened

Awesome video! I was wondering about this topic while watching countless whistler MTB videos. Finally somebody shining some light on it! 🤘

It’s funny how different the places we live are. I live in Norway, a bear here is considered something supernatural. My dad has been an outdoorsman for 60 years and never seen one in the wild. When a bear first is spotted, it is all over local news and maybe national news as there is only like 130 bears here.

I am from Russia, in a closed city located in the Siberian Taiga, we are building a track in our small mountains that are near the border of the city, there are quite a few brown bears around who go to private houses to find food. Mushroom pickers say that bears do not come to the mountains, except for one she-bear who is fed by mushroom pickers 7 kilometers further so that she does not go further. But I'm still scared, just in case I carry pepper spray, but it's not a fact that it will help if they want to eat you. Thank you for bringing up such an important topic!

I came within 6 feet of a massive buck moose during rutting season as a little kid. One of the most terrifying moments of my life. To this day, I'm always on edge when riding alone in the woods.

Thank you so much for producing this and helping spread the word.

I mountain bike in Melbourne, which is down under. There is a trail system is located only 45 minutes away from the city called the You Yangs. I imagine Whistler to bears is the same as the You Yangs to Kangaroos. We usually just ride past them, and spot them quite often. We never feed them, and we respect their privacy, which leads to a healthy amount of wildlife to a park. I like it.

Hey Boo Boo, I think I see a Pic-a-nic basket.

Great reminder with Crankworx just around the corner. I was shocked to not even see a sign of a bear at Sun Peaks last weekend because 3 weeks prior at the Harper Mt Enduro we did. Cheers guys!

WOW, it's like that at Whistler? Scary!

I am deathly, deathly afraid of bears so I will reconsider ever visiting Whistler!😅 🙈 Great video once again 👍🏼

Something to look forward to when I make my first trip to Whistler. Great video!

I was here June this year and saw three of them in 1,5 hours. Sad thing was that on top of Whistler Mountain one bear showed up just meters away from us at the restaurant and only had eye for the trash bins.

Solid PSA... Great work!

Thank you SO much for this reminder! Bears are wild animals…let them stay free and wild!❤️

Great video. I was at Whistler all last week and saw many bears... Luckily from a comfortable distance.

Couldn't believe I wasn't subscribed! Cool to see you and Yuka up in AK! We sure have our fair share of bear encounters, it can get the heartrate up for sure!

Your ratio is spot on. I’m on my 4th day in the bike park and have spotted bears in the Fitz zone 3 of the 4 days.

I'd like to share 🤠bears smell can go for 20 Miles, can run up to 20 mph and jump up trees like cats... I found this out after seeing a 350 lb bear outside of my sister's house

Thank you for shouting out the Squamish Nation's territory.

Man I love your videos and especially the voice over work. Inspiring brother !!

I, too, saw a bear and a club at Whistler in April. Pretty cool animal when you kept your distance

keep doing the content love your vids

Even with the smaller black bears we have in PA, I *always* change course when I come across one. Better safe than sorry. 🤨

Thanks you guys for doing this.

I live in New Jersey and we have a huge bear population here. I run in to bears MTB several times a week. over the years hundreds of encounters and as close as an arm length away. I had a momma bear with 3 cubs bluff charge me once but that's it. all the others mellow. I totally respect them.

Great piece! 🐻

Beary good video. 🐻

Thunder Mountain Bike Park in Western Massachusetts. I see them 2-3 times a season. See them somewhat frequently when riding stuff in VT too,

Thanx for sharing 🙋🏼‍♂️🌹

Breaking: Whistler Bike Park filled with mountain bikers. Local bears disturbed.

my country Croatia have big population of Brown Bear, especially in Velebit mountain area where I like to ride a bike...so far didn`t came across bear but legend say bear will retreat into the woods if he hear your voice od noise you make,...

I was cycling in Jasper around 25 yrs ago with a buddy. We were coming down some singletrack and there was a switchback ahead. Heavy woods, blind corner. My friend is just in front of me and took the corner fairly quick. The next thing I hear is a scream and a crash as I come around the corner and my friend is sitting on his ass and past him I just caught a glimpse of a bear running off. Tuns out my friend ran right into the poor thing. Luckily it seemed that no one, human nor ursa was hurt.

hey bear. few inches later . . . HEY BEAR!!! ✌🏽🤙🏽

About the same time in may I rarely see a bear in northeast Pennsylvania.just across the lake where I live about 300 meters away the bear heard me say "holy sh!t that's a bear" it looked up at me curious then kept prancing in the field looking for something to eat .it's concerning for the community but as long as you give them space and do not harm to them they are wonderful creatures to look at.

Thx for video. Black bears are chill. See them everyday & haven’t had an issue. Just let them be

Iv seen a few bears in BC bike parks but not in Whistler yet, last year one went through my camp site at the riverside rv resort, I was woken up to my minivan shaking and I could hear clawing on the van, I had my side windows open a bit and it was to dark to see but know if that bear wants in its coming into my van with me in it. Luckily for me the bear disappeared

Genius move.... I think I'll slow down and address the bear... HOLY SHIT!!! You got lucky

the bears just want on the channel

roule number one when seeing a bear seems to be to take out your phone

I live in the UK so going to Whistler is easier said than done. Would of loved to go down the trails, even if I come back with a limb or two missing

Nice educational and badass vids man it's funny when you rode pass the bears 😂 but all I have to is keep safe my dude!.

You're videos are top notch...u inspire me to make better videos with excellent audio.

I'm a 3rd generation Vancouver Islander. Worked in the bush all my life and I have one piece of advice. Don't f*ck with bears or you might have your scalp chewed right off your head!!! Here's the thing it might be only one in ten thousand encounters but when a bear dislikes someone 10 men won't stop that bear from killing the person it hates. It happened in Renfrew a number of years back, Fort Liard, and at one of the camps outside McMurray. They tried everything to stop the bear in McMurray from hitting it with shovels to throwing heavy drill bits at it and nothing stopped the bear. I personally love bears and have had many encounters with them but I do not mess around with them. Best place to spot bears is between Prince George and McBride!!!

Wow, I only face the dreaded box turtle or squirrel on my rides!

Good Vid Buddy, i have had many interactions with the Whistler and Cumberland bears, give them space people.

One time when I went on b-line there was a bear in the middle of the trail

Well said

In Quebec, if you see a mama bear with cubs, man oh man you are in serious trouble !

Good PSA man!

You guys should ride thorn hill in maple ridge near Abbotsford.

I was hitting the top of cewnk in up, when there was a bear on the jump, i saw it and stopped, but my buddy wasn't so bright and flew within a foot of a bear.

Great video. Still can't believe you almost killed Kaz on the stump jump. 😁

What a great video - question for your kind sir. If I don't feed a bear, is it okay to try and ride one? Asking for..... a friend 😉

i’m going to whistler next week

Don't forget the rapidly growing grizzly population in Squamish as well.

go to holimont in elicotville, Ny there are the best flow trails

From the bears' point of view the question is "Why the Whistler Bike Park is Filled with mountain bikers and skiers?"

Hey I just visited whistler for my first time ever, saw three bears in three days! Would have been cooler to see you😂

I've always wanted to cook a pizza for a beer

Well,bears in bikepark its a great thing.when it chasing,you gonna ride fast,means how bike park create the speed pro rider.Have fun out there guys.

Awesome content 🤩👍

Does Whistler require bikers to carry bear spray? In Alberta it's required on some trails and strongly recommended on the rest.

Funny this video just popped up, I was at whistler for 7 days and didn't see a bear once! But then my friend who rode 2 more days than I in the 7 saw 5

You should totally ride Williams lake, fox mountain! Next time your near.

Yeah live near by in bc and there has been a bear and cougar roaming around my area for a few months see them ever now and then it’s pretty scary lol

A nice little instructional video !

I was riding Spirit Mountain in MN and came across a bear and three cubs on the black trail. Got out clean as she just turned to look at me as I back tracked but it was an experience. First ever close range bear encounter...Should we be carrying bear spray on our bikes?

The real reason there are so many bears is because they built the village on the site that was the garbage dump. For years bears would hang around the dump even after they moved the dump farther down the Highway. There will always be bears around Whistler BC.

Eric, what is your neck brace of choice ?

Going to whislter for the first time this August, hoping the hype is real

ur the best mtb youtuber

Great video thank you !! . we just had a woman who was bit by a bear in our town ... the bear had to be put down , the very next day a post was made to one of our local FB groups and commenters were saying to leave water our for the bears !!! I was scoffed at when i told them not to and that it causes their deaths .. sadly in BC not everyone is bear aware

I stopped after the moon booster one time and 3 bears walked right behind us across a-line

I wonder if I yell "strava" if they will get out of my way on the trail.

Some people just haven't watched the revenant yet.

Then you come to California where there are many bear attacks … 112 fatal bear attacks in California, and in Canada only 70 fatal bear attacks in 2021

DAMN BRO THAT INTRO WAS FREAKY

5:01 those people living there must be quite strong to be able to beat a bear

I don't think it's not dangerous. Bears are my ultimate nightmare scenario. And I live in Costa Rica where I meet venomous snakes, mountain lions. Got bitten by a Tarantula Hawk (no, that's not a tarantula, it's a kind of wasp, google it ... ) , several scorpions and stepped on stingrays 2 times.... Back in Europe I have met wild hogs with their babies ... that's also a run or die scenario :O Yet, if I think about meeting a bear and I want to poop myself.... Also.... you know also what is really dangerous? Cows and bulls. And we have a lot of them loose where I live.

Pass on that! I’ll stick to snakes and six foot lizards over here

Good video!

Because they were here before us 😂

This bear approached me, and he had a green hat and tie on. He seemed smarter than the average bear. Then this baby bear tried to open up my pic-a-nic basket that I had brought to Jellystone Park, and I realised what a boo boo that was!

Anyone knows the song from 5:32 on, it's really beautiful...

I grew up in south eastern BC and people not having a healthy level of fear when it comes to bears blows my mind. They can easily kill you.

Nice to enjoy not good to encourage, nice home video thanks 🙏

It must be strange to ride aside bears

I`ve been to Whistler many many times and never saw a bear once.

Excellent video. Bears are an apex predator and are unpredictable. Best to back away rather than attempt to pass them.

Surprised you two have not done much traveling lately. Hope all is well !

Well done PSA

This is just like how there are so many kangaroos in Australia🤣

You can't outrun a bear on your bicycle.. is something to keep in mind