Originally Posted by indyfabz

Tragic incident. His brother-in-law was riding a bit behind him and came upon the attack. Of course, there was nothing he could do. The investigation concluded that, depending on actual speed of descent, the deceased had between something like 1 and 3 seconds to react to the bear in the trail. The deceased had injuries that were consistent with an endo crash. The conclusion was that he was bombing the descent, came around the curve, hit the bear, went over the bars and was then attacked.

It happened on Forest Service land that is know to have a good amount of bear activity. I camped at a private campground in the area back in 2003 before a backcountry trip in Glacier. Got out of my tent to take a leak just before dawn and startled what I am sure was a bear behind some grass that behind my site. Thing took off with thundering steps.