I stinkin’ love Fat Bear Week, so naturally this calls for a party. Come scout some extremely large Alaskan bears, make questionably informed bracket picks, eat salmon-adjacent food, and compete for eternal glory—and possibly The Golden Salmon. Love, Mandi
Come as a bear, salmon, tree, river, ranger, wildlife biologist or suspiciously outdoorsy human.
Or just wear brown, rust, moss, forest green, salmon pink or river blue.
No purchases required. Commitment to the bit is optional but admired.
Every fall, the brown bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska gorge on salmon before hibernation. Katmai runs a March Madness–style bracket where the public votes, head to head, on which bear got most gloriously fat. It is a real thing. There is a real champion. We are going to take it extremely seriously for one evening.