Justin Franz & Dillon Tabish of the Flathead Beacon provide this detailed report on the grizzly attack that killed a mountain biker near Glacier National Park Wednesday:

The search continues for a bear that killed a West Glacier man riding his mountain bike on a forested trail in the Halfmoon Lake area south of Glacier National Park. Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry said bear traps and remote cameras were set in the section of Flathead National Forest where the attack occurred in an effort to capture to animal. Two Bear Air, the local search and rescue helicopter, flew over the area of Wednesday’s fatal mauling but could not locate the animal. The Green Gate/Halfmoon trail system off U.S. 2 remains closed and posted by U.S. Forest Service officials in the interest of public safety. More here.