bear-trails

Updated: May 25, 2025

A three-pound fish will make you a lot of tribulation at this game. We lived on fish and venison, and had all we wanted. The bear-trails were plenty enough, and the signs were comparatively fresh, but at the time of our visit the animals themselves had gone over the mountains on some sort of a picnic.

Stewart Edward White - The Mountains

I was compelled to creep for miles on all fours, and in following the bear-trails often found tufts of hair on the bushes where they had forced themselves through. For 100 feet or so above the fall the ascent was made possible only by tough cushions of club-moss that clung to the rock.

John Muir - The Mountains of California