Bear maulings are rare in the Anchorage area, and details about what happened could help officials understand what provoked the bear.

A hiker was hospitalized late Tuesday after being mauled by a brown bear on a popular trail network above Anchorage, Alaska. The Anchorage Daily News reported that the unidentified female victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was able to call for help after the attack in the Basher Trail area in the Chugach Mountains.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A brown bear attacked a woman as she hiked a popular trail in a hillside neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska, and officials are still looking for the animal, state police said.