Fat Bear Week Bears
Fat Bear Week is an annual online tournament hosted by Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska. It celebrates the incredible transformation of brown bears as they bulk up for winter hibernation by feasting on salmon from the Brooks River.
How It Works:
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Bracket-style competition: Bears are matched head-to-head, and the public votes for the bear that best exemplifies pre-hibernation fatness.
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Voting: Takes place at fatbearweek.org from September 22–29 each year (approx.)
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Live cams: Watch the bears in action at Explore.org’s bear cams.
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We will update this page daily for results.
Meet the Bears!
Schedule (2026)
Day One (Sept. 22)
Match 1: 132 Family vs. 284 Family
Match 2: 806 Family vs. 901 Family
Match 3: 909 vs. 428 Studious
Match 4: 131 Marshmallow vs. 910
Day Four (Sept. 25)
To be determined...
Day Two (Sept. 23)
Match 1: 694 vs. 620
Match 2: 610 Family vs. 89 Backpack
Match 3: 32 Chunk vs. 164 Bucky
Match 4: 151 Walker vs. 903 Gully
Sept. 26-27
No Voting...
Day Three (Sept. 24)
To be determined...
Sept. 28-29
To be determined...