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Fat Bear Week

Backpack Crowned Fat Bear Week 2026 Champion After Nail-Biter Final

Organizers are promoting matched donations to the Katmai Conservancy’s Otis Fund through early October to fund park research and outreach.

Fat Bear Week Vote Underway as Returning Champion Chunk Faces New Field

Voting Opens for 2026 Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park

Voting Opens for Fat Bear Week 2026 as Champion Chunk Returns

Fat Bear Week Opens With 16 Contenders and Champion Chunk Back to Defend Title

Chunk Wins 2025 Fat Bear Week After Resilient Season With Broken Jaw

Fat Bear Week 2025 Voting Underway at Katmai Through Sept. 30

Fat Bear Week Voting Opens With 12 Bears After Bumper Salmon Run at Katmai

Katmai Names 12 Contenders for 2025 Fat Bear Week as Grazer Returns

Fat Bear Week Bracket Unveiled as 2025 Vote Opens Sept. 23

Extraordinary Salmon Run Sets Up Heftiest Fat Bear Week Yet as 2025 Voting Nears

Fat Bear Week 2025 Runs Sept. 23–30

Anchorage Trail Cameras Reveal Dynamic Wildlife Encounters

Grazer Triumphs in Fat Bear Week, Defeating Rival Chunk

Alaska's Fat Bear Week Begins After Tragic Bear-on-Bear Attack

Fat Bear Week Delayed After Fatal Bear Attack

Alaska's Fat Bear Week Kicks Off with Fat Bear Jr. Contestants Revealed