On the south side of Park Creek Pass back in 2006, my hiking partner and I saw four separate bears, each alone and away from each other. Three were black bears, but the fourth sure looked like to both to us as a young grizzly. We have backpacked and been in quite a bit of grizzly territory, so we do recognize the differences.

At the time, we didn't realize that no grizzlies had been seen in North Cascades for such a long period. I do regret not having taken a picture, but dealing with four separate bears and being literally 15 miles away from any other person, taking a picture was not high on my list.