Emily reports some recent active bear activity on the trails near Lake Sebago. Bears have been more active throughout the Park recently. To be safe, we’re sharing some info about the location and info about staying safe near bears from the National Park Service.
While I was hiking alone this past Sunday around 4pm a bear stalked me down the trail & woods road for about 20 minutes until I ran into other hikers (luckily!). I was parked at Sebago boat launch. Btw I’m not planning to go out by myself after this.The area was the “Y” part of the yellow Buck Mtn trail, both the yellow & yellow/black slash sections. Then onto the Pine Meadow woods road back down (north) to 7 lakes drive. I didnt see the bear after I took the sharp left (west) turn on the road at the base of the long downhill, which is also where I met up with the hikers.The bear was definitely following me before I noticed it on the yellow trail. The bear is probably habituated to people from Big Hill shelter & all the area campsites.
