The man hiked over a mile to Granite Park Chalet with assistance and was flown by a "Two Bear Air" rescue helicopter to a spot where he could be taken by ambulance to a hospital in Whitefish. The trail from Haystack Butte to the Granite Park Chalet will remain closed until further notice, officials said.

A 35-year-old man was attacked by a bear while hiking in Glacier National Park on Thursday. It’s the latest in a series of human-bear incidents in

The National Park Service said it does not know what species the bear belongs to yet, but there are black and grizzly bears in Glacier National Park.

Rangers and other hikers helped the man walk more than a mile in a mountainous area so that he could be taken to a hospital, the National Park Service said.

A man survived a bear attack and then had to trek to the rescue helicopter. The popular section of Glacier National Park was closed off to visitors Thursday after the man was attacked. It was the second of its kind in Montana in over a month.

Park rangers haven't provided a lot of detail about the encounter, other than to say it happened early Thursday morning when the 35-year-old man and his friends had reached the Grinnell Glacier Overlook, which is a popular side trail and stopping point just above the Highline Trail.

A hiker in Glacier National Park narrowly escaped a bear attack, trekking a mile for help after the encounter.

A section of a popular Glacier National Park trail was closed Thursday after a man was attacked by a bear and injured, park officials said.

A 35-year-old man sustained non-life-threatening injuries in an encounter with a bear on Glacier National Park’s Highline Trail early Thursday morning, prompting rangers to close a section of the alpine route between Haystack Butte and Granite Park Chalet.

The National Park Service said that the man sustained non-life threatening injuries and that officials were still working to identify the bear's species