A small "century trail" between Karluk and Frazer Lakes at Kodiak Refuge in Alaska

Large imprints form a trail over the tundra of a mountain ridge with fall colors.
Photo By/Credit
Lisa Hupp/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
04/20/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Indelible prints on the landscape, created when bears place their feet in the same tracks over many generations, form in the subalpine tundra across several of Kodiak's mountain ridges. These are sometimes called "century trails."
Facility
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Ecosystem
Tundra
Recreational Activity
Wildlife watching
Photography
Species
Ursus arctos middendorffi
Subject tags
Landscape photography
Mammals
Photography
Wildlife refuges