Book: Hiking Safely in Grizzly Country

Some things aren’t intuitive, and behaving properly around bears is one of them. Luckily there’s a vast library of material on the matter, including a new book by Montana bear expert Tim Rubbert. Hiking Safely in Grizzly Country (Riverbend, $15) outlines all the rules you need to know, as well as real-life stories to drive the author’s points home. This slim volume can be read in a couple hours, but includes enough information to minimize the inherent danger of sharing the woods with the Great Bear.