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Featured Animals – Grizzly Bear

Discover “everything grizzly bear” around the Zoo below; from news to adoptions, births, conservation programs, your own encounter options, animal experiences, shows, events and more.

*Please note: Our grizzly bears have temporarily moved to the Asiatic bear area near the play hill, above the tapir yard. Read why at cmzoo.org/bears!

Grizzly Bear Highlights

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Grizzly Demo

3:30 p.m.
Grizzly Demo
By Asiatic bear, above tapirs, across from play hill.

What are the “bear necessities” for living like a wild grizzly? Emmett and Digger invite you to come by and see what natural behaviors make bears so perfectly adapted for living in their rugged mountain homes.

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Everything Grizzly Bear

Zoo Improvements Continue with Grizzly Bear Habitat Updates

April 24, 2024

UPDATE APRIL 24, 2024: Guests Can See Grizzlies in Temporary Staycation Home at CMZoo Our grizzly bears, Emmett and Digger, are getting updates to their habitat and viewing areas. Emmett and Digger wanted to skip the rest of construction near their habitat, so they have temporarily moved to the Asiatic bear area near the play . . .

Grizzly Bear Encounter

Meet this Animal Up-close.

We usually tell guests “don’t feed the bears,” but on our behind-the-scenes grizzly bear encounter, feeding the bears is the best part! Enjoy experiences of a lifetime, fantastic photo-ops and feeding or enrichment opportunities with your favorite.

Enjoy this amazing experience, which may include:

Meeting our two male grizzly bears, Emmett and Digger.
Seeing what great hand-eye coordination they have, or should we say, mouth-eye coordination – as they catch the food you toss to them right out of the air.
Learning about day-to-day husbandry and training with these incredible animals.
The opportunity to toss food to our grizzlies.

How Do the Grizzly Bears at CMZoo Spend the Winter?

November 23, 2022

How Do the Grizzly Bears at CMZoo Spend the Winter? As our 17-year-old grizzly bears, Emmett and Digger, prepare for the winter, they will start living at a much slower pace. We often associate bears with hibernation, but science has shown that many animals, like raccoons, skunks, and bears, survive the winter using torpor instead, . . .

How to Help Keep Wild Bears Alive in Your Own Neighborhood

July 29, 2022

Colorado’s wildlife and wild places draw millions of visitors to our state every year. We often talk about how to visit Colorado responsibly and how to stay bear aware while exploring the great outdoors. Wild native black bears roam throughout our state, including in many residential and urban settings, so Colorado residents shoulder a lot . . .

Do Emmett and Digger, CMZoo grizzlies, hibernate?

December 29, 2021

It’s officially winter, when many people wonder if Emmett and Digger, CMZoo’s grizzly bears, go into hibernation. The short answer is no, but it’s a more complicated topic than some might expect. Scientists continue to study seasonal animal dormancy and are finding that animals experience a wide spectrum of behavioral and physiological changes in the . . .

Join Digger and Emmett for Campsite Bear Awareness Tips

April 23, 2021

Spring is here! As many Coloradoans start exploring our beautiful wild places, it’s important to help our curious native black bears stay safe, by helping them avoid human-wildlife conflicts. Although grizzly bears aren’t found in the wild in Colorado, our CMZoo grizzlies are here to help you learn how to keep our native black bears . . .

CMZoo Grizzlies Get Ready for Winter

October 28, 2020

Join Digger and Emmett, CMZoo’s two 15-year-old male grizzly bears, and Rocky Mountain Wild Keepers, Sarah and Kristen, to get up close with the bears and learn about hibernation and torpor. Cooler temperatures mean the boys are preparing for winter, when they go into a slight stage of torpor and generally slow down a bit. . . .

Stay Bear Aware

March 26, 2020

American black bears in Colorado will start coming out of hibernation soon, and they’ll be hungry after a winter in the den. Although we don’t have any native species of black bears at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, we’re advocates for doing all we can to keep wild animals wild. No matter the species, it’s never a . . .

How Enrichment and Training Benefit CMZoo Animals

August 29, 2019

In humans, physical activity not only benefits physical health but mental health as well. At Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the training and enrichment the animals can choose to participate in are also beneficial. Research has shown that kids who have moderate physical activity in their day show increased attention, comprehension and learning ability, as our sponsor, . . .

Meet & Feed An Animal

Once in a lifetime Opportunities Select your unique experience from the following options: Meet & Greets – unique animal interactions year-round, with any one of our smaller animals listed below. Animal Encounters – connect with amazing animals and their Keepers, plus options to feed many of the animals listed. V.I.P. Tours – behind-the-scenes exclusive animal . . .

V.I.P. Small Group Tours

Custom Memories for a Lifetime. Book a world-class V.I.P. Tour at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Treat yourself and your fellow animal lovers to an experience of a lifetime! Go behind-the-scenes to meet, feed, or train your favorite animals. Learn more...

Endangered Species at the Zoo

Are They in Danger of Extinction? Animals listed here may have a threatened or endangered conservation status with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

Adopt an Animal

Foster any animal and you’ll help Cheyenne Mountain Zoo continue to provide outstanding care. Whether given as a gift or used to celebrate a favorite species, symbolic adoptions come with a variety of benefits only adoptive parents can enjoy. Ways to adopt your favorites: Digital Adoption – ($35) choose any Zoo animal from the full . . .

Adopt Choices for Grizzly Bears

Support your favorites with digital, traditional, gift package, and group adoptions. Gifting any adopt choice is available by simply completing the gift area at checkout.

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