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435 · Holly
ADULT FEMALE
FAT BEAR RECORD
🏆 ’19
Perennial fan favorite.
Champion in 2019. Still viable in 2023: beat Bucky Dent and reached the semifinal before Grazer steamrolled her.
ID MARKS AND HINTS
#435 has a medium-small body with a distinctive light blonde coat.
Her ears are large and lighter than her coat. She has a dished face and short muzzle. Her dark eye rings are distinctive early in the summer.
LIFE HISTORY
#435 was identified as a young adult female in 2001. She can be a nervous mother around other bears. During the summer of 2006, she repeatedly treed herself and her cub in the middle of Brooks Camp in response to other bears. This cub is now recognizable as subadult #89.
In 2009, she returned to Brooks River with one spring cub. In late June, this cub was killed by #814.
Text and photographs from Bears of Brooks River, National Park Service, Katmai National Park and Preserve. Page 37.