Bears not announced

Fat Bear Bracket

A bracket pool for Fat Bear Week — the National Park Service’s annual vote on which brown bear at Katmai got fattest before hibernation.

NPS announces this year’s bears on a live webcast, and your bracket opens the moment it lands. Make an account now and it’s waiting for you.

Bracket reveal

Friday, September 18 · 3:00 PM ET
Watch the webcast ↗

Picks close

Tuesday, September 22 · 12:00 PM ET

Voting opens

Tuesday, September 22 · 12:00 PM ET
then daily, noon to 9:00 PM ET, at explore.org ↗