B.C. man who was tracking a bear airlifted to hospital after grizzly attack
A British Columbia man was airlifted to a Calgary hospital Thursday after fending off a grizzly bear attack on a mountainside in the Rocky Mountains near the B.C.-Alberta border, according to RCMP.
![B.C. man who was tracking a bear airlifted to hospital after grizzly attack](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7207789.1715969707!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/grizzly-attack-rescue.jpg)
![Members of Elkford, Sparwood and Fernie Search and Rescue crews teamed up on Thursday to rescue a man attacked by a grizzly on a steep mountainside near the B.C.-Alberta border. Crews descend on a cable where someone is sitting in the forest loaded up on a stretcher.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7207789.1715969707!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/grizzly-attack-rescue.jpg)
A British Columbia man was airlifted to a Calgary hospital Thursday after fending off a grizzly bear attack on a mountainside in the Rocky Mountains near the B.C.-Alberta border, according to RCMP.