**Bear and Mountain Lion Sightings**

**October 2008**

**[Black bears]{.underline}**

2 in Boot Canyon, 200 yds S of Juniper Cnyn Trail jct 1^st^, 2 pm

Lost Mine Trail between markers #17-18 1^st^, 3 pm

Pinnacles Trail near Boot Spring 1^st^, 3 pm

2 adults & 3 cubs on Pinnacles Trail near Emory Pk jct 2^nd^, noon &
3:30 pm

Emory Peak Trail, 100 yds up 2^nd^, 3:30 pm

Laguna Meadow #4 campsite 3^rd^

Near bear boxes @ base of Emory Peak Trail 3^rd^, 2:30 pm

Cub on Emory Peak Trail 4^th^, 12:15 pm

Sow & 2 cubs by bear boxes @ base of Emory Peak Trail 5^th^, 3 pm

5 small bears on Basin Rd @ "tree zone exhibit" (mi. 4.5) 6^th^, 1:15 pm

3 bears on Pinnacles Trail, 50 yds S of Boulder Mead. #5 6^th^, 4 pm

Sow & 2 cubs on Pinnacles Trail near Pinnacles campsites 6^th^ or 7^th^,
4:45 pm

3 cubs at base of Emory Peak Trail 7^th^, 3 pm

2 bears on Emory Peak Trail near campsite 7^th^, 5 pm

Laguna Meadow Trail-Colima Trail junction 7^th^, 5:10 pm

Near Southwest #4 campsite 7^th^, 7:30 pm

Sow & 3 cubs at Boot Canyon #1 campsite 9^th^, 10:30 am

3 bears on Colima Trail 9^th^, 11:30 am

Sow & cub at Toll Mountain #1 campsite 9^th^, 5 pm

2 bears on Window Trail, ¾ mile from end 10^th^, 12:20 pm

Sow & cub on Emory Peak Trail, just above campsite 10^th^, 3:15 pm

Sow & cubs at base of Emory Peak Trail 11^th^, 1 pm-ish

Boot Canyon 11^th^, 6 pm

Juniper Canyon #1 campsite 11^th^, 7 pm

On trail between SE#1 & SE#2 campsites 13^th^, afternoon

2 cubs along Rim trail between SE#2 & SE#3 campsites 13^th^, 5:30 pm

Boot Canyon Trail near cabin 14^th^, 11:30 am & 1 pm

Boot Canyon 40' above trail 15^th^, 12:30 pm

Across wash from Basin Campground site #60 16^th^, 10:45-11 am

Pinnacles campsite 16^th^, 3 pm

Very large bear at jct of NE Rim Trail and Boot Cnyn Trail 16^th^, 5:30
pm

Bear cub on Pinnacles Trail 17^th^, 9:40 am

Emory Peak Trail, ½ mile down 17^th^, 11:30 am

Sow & 2 cubs near base of Emory Peak Trail 17^th^, 3:45 pm

2 adults, 2 cubs near Pinnacles #2 campsite 18^th^, 12:30 pm

Colima Trail, 300 yds west of Boot Canyon jct 18^th^, 1 pm

Sow & 2 cubs at base of Emory Peak Trail 18^th^, 1:30 pm

Sow & 4 cubs on Pinnacles Trail near Toll Mtn/toilet 18^th^, 3:30-4 pm

Sow & 3 cubs along Emory Peak Trail 18^th^, 4 pm

On slope of Casa Grande, seen from Lost Mine Trail 19^th^, 12:30 pm

Sow & 2 cubs on Colima Trail, near horse corral 20^th^, 1 pm

2 adult bears near Colima Trail near CO3 campsite 20^th^, 1:30 pm

Laguna Meadow Trail 20^th^, 1:30 pm

Colima Trail near Boot Canyon junction 20^th^, 3:50 pm

Laguna Meadow Trail near Colima Trail junction 20^th^, 4:20 pm

Sow & 2 cubs on Basin Road between mile 4 -- 5 20^th^, 4:40 pm

2 bears on Emory Peak Trail 21^st^, 9:30 &10:30 am

Blue Creek Trail 21^st^, 3 pm

Sow & 3 cubs in creekbed below Basin Loop Trail 21^st^, 4:45 pm

Boot Canyon near cabin 21^st^, 5:30 pm

Laguna Meadow Trail near Colima junction 21^st^, 5:30 pm

Sow & 3 cubs off Pinnacles Trail near Pinnacles sites 22^nd^, 10:30-11
am

2 young bears on Pinnacles Trail near Pinnacles sites 22^nd^, 10:50 am

Base of Emory Peak Trail 22^nd^, noon

Boot Canyon Trail, 0.25 mi past Emory Peak junction 22^nd^, noon

Boot Canyon Trail, ½-way from Emory Peak jct to cabin 22^nd^, 12:30 pm

Base of Emory Peak Trail 22^nd^, 1 pm

Toll Mountain composting toilet 22^nd^, 1 pm

Colima Trail 22^nd^, 2 pm

Laguna Meadow Trail 22^nd^, 3:30 pm

Sow & cub on Window Trail, ¼ - ½ mi from campgr. 22^nd^, 5:30-6 pm

Sow & 2 cubs near Basin campsites #18, #29, & #30 23^rd^, 7:30 am

Sow & cub on Pinnacles Trail near Juniper Flat #2 site 23^rd^, 9 am

Basin Loop Trail 23^rd^, 6 pm

Laguna Meadow Trail near Blue Creek Trail jct 24^th^, 1 pm

Adult & yearling near Pinnacles campsites 24^th^, 2:30 pm

2 adult bears & 3 cubs on Pinnacles Trail in switchbacks 25^th^, 11 am

Sow & 2 cubs on ridge high above Boot Canyon Trail 25^th^, noon

Laguna Meadow Trail near Colima Trail junction 25^th^, 3 pm

Near Boot Spring 25^th^, 3 pm

Sow & 3 cubs on Pinnacles Trail near Boulder Meadow 25^th^, 4 pm

Sow & 4 cubs 2 miles up Pinnacles Trail 27^th^, 11 am

Emory Peak Trail 27^th^, 4:20 pm

Sow, 3 cubs, & juvenile bear near Boot Cnyn corral 28^th^, noon

2 adults & 3 cubs at Colima-Boot Canyon Trail jct 28^th^, 12:30 pm

Boot Canyon Trail between Emory Peak & Colima jct 29^th^, 9 am

Sow & 3 cubs on Pinnacles Trail between BM1 & BM5 31^st^, 9 am

Sow & 3 cubs on Pinnacles Trail near Pinnacles sites 31^st^, 9:43 am

Sow & 4 cubs on Pinnacles Trail near pass @ Toll Mtn 31^st^, 10:30 am

2 adult bears on Boot Cnyn Trail 300 yds past Emory Pk 31^st^, 11:05 am

2 cubs on Window Trail 31^st^, 1 pm

**[Mountain lions]{.underline}**

On road near Cottonwood Campground 9^th^, 9:10 pm

On trail from Basin housing to Lodge 18^th^, 2 pm

Ross Maxwell Drive, 1.5 miles from north end 21^st^, 8 pm

2 on Basin Road, mile 2.3 22^nd^, 7:40 pm

Basin Road near mile 2 24^th^, 8:55 pm

Basin Road 27^th^, 11 am

Daniels Ranch area 30^th^, 7:30 pm