Adorable chance encounter with mama bear and two cubs near the Mendenhall Glacier visitors center this evening. Enjoy!

I try to stop by the visitors center on my way home every few days to increase my chances of catching something cool. I got very lucky today! A mama bear and two cubs were having some snacks in an open sunny meadow while about 10 of us and some Rangers looked on.

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After getting tired of the snacks in the meadow, mama and cubs traveled over to the nearby pond. The cubs scurried up a tree, where a porcupine was waiting. They didn’t stay long.