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Holly noticed this first. In the first picture, can you see it? Look at the far right of the horizontal rock outcropping, the little dark speck.
We were good hikers the entire time we were there... making noise as we walked along. It was at the beginning of this hike we found two solid rocks each that we banged together as we walked. If you cup your hand a bit, you can produce a sharp noise that carries well.
In the first picture, you see the bear, the first and only we would see during a hike, a couple of hundred yards up the slope. In the second, third, and fourth you can see the bear lift its head and then later stand up to get a better look at us. We made sure he knew we were there before continuing.