Never saw any bears. Lots of tracks though. We did find fresh wolf tracks one morning about 30 yards from where Stam was sleeping.

Snow pack was super big up there too this year. That, combined with a mild spring, resulted in what we had. We were told that the snow we could still see should have been gone weeks before.

Water conditions are also determined by the flows from the glacial Sakumtha River. We had temps cool over our trip so color improved and flows dropped. The only thing we could have done better was to show up a few days later but we're not complaining.