My pick: 284 Electra, running in this year's bracket with her two cubs.
Photo: NPS / C. Loberg, from Katmai's Fat Bear Week 2026 release (public domain)
Solo males only have to fatten themselves. She's putting on winter fat while feeding two cubs, and the family still looks this round. Chunk is the obvious favorite, but that's the harder job.
My pick: 284 Electra, running in this year's bracket with her two cubs.
Photo: NPS / C. Loberg, from Katmai's Fat Bear Week 2026 release (public domain)
Solo males only have to fatten themselves. She's putting on winter fat while feeding two cubs, and the family still looks this round. Chunk is the obvious favorite, but that's the harder job.