Photos: Aspen bears
A bear forages for food in a crab apple tree in Aspen, Colo. The town is considering spraying the crab apple trees that line the streets to destroy the bear-attracting fruit. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press)
A black bear forages for food from a trash bin that it tipped over behind an office building in Aspen, Colo. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press)
Pitkin County, Colo., Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Kendrick searches for a bear that had entered an Aspen apartment in which a woman was sleeping. The bear managed to elude capture. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press)
Downtown Aspen, Colo., usually sleepy in the off-season, has been overrun by bears since this summer. (Michael Brands / For The Times)
Dan Glidden stops to check a downtown Aspen alley. As the town’s wildlife officer, he works during bear season, from May through October, patrolling for the unsecured garbage that attracts the area’s black bears. (Michael Brands / For The Times)
Dan Glidden stops to issue a warning to an Aspen resident who attracted a bear by failing to secure a trash can. (Michael Brands / For The Times)
Dan Glidden shows where a bear pulled out the windows of a garage door the previous week. It later returned and attempted to pry open the garage door from the bottom. Bears have been known to break into Aspen homes through French doors, sliding glass doors and windows. (Michael Brands / For The Times)
