Many years ago a group of us (including Grass Hopper from this board) decided to hike from the middle Situk cabin up to nine mile bridge. This is all near Yakutat in SE Alaska. High brush and a stiff noisy breeze all the way. Halfway up we found the trail marker, a 4 foot long 4X4 formerly sunk in 18 inches of concrete. It lay fractured into two pieces along the trail with four claw gouges raking the length of it. A bear had recently taken it out, including the concrete base, with one swipe.

On the walk back we found a huge pile of bear poop steaming in one of Grass Hopper's footprints pressed into the mud only an hour earlier.

We are truly insignificant critters in nature.