Wildlife and local law enforcement are tracking an “aggressive bear” that bit a hiker on the thigh Monday morning while she was on a trail near Aspen, officials said Monday evening.
The incident occurred about 9:15 a.m. on the Hunter Creek Trail near Lone Pine Road when a woman, who has not been identified, and her husband were walking back to Aspen, according to a Colorado Parks and Wildlife news release.
“They saw a bear walking toward them on the trail. The woman says they tried to give the bear space and stepped off the trail,” the release said. “As the bear walked by, she says it suddenly turned, charged and bit her before it ran off and disappeared from view.”
The bite wound did not appear serious, the CPW said, and a deputy with the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said the woman was taken to Aspen Valley Hospital.
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