The man hiked over a mile to Granite Park Chalet with assistance and was flown by a "Two Bear Air" rescue helicopter to a spot where he could be taken by ambulance to a hospital in Whitefish. The trail from Haystack Butte to the Granite Park Chalet will remain closed until further notice, officials said.

The National Park Service said that the man sustained non-life threatening injuries and that officials were still working to identify the bear's species

Rangers and other hikers helped the man walk more than a mile in a mountainous area so that he could be taken to a hospital, the National Park Service said.

Owen Beierman, 12, took aim at the bear as it pinned down his dad while they were on a legal hunting trip. "Owen was a hero," Ryan Beierman, 43, told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "He shot that bear and killed it on top of me.

Ryan Beierman told The Minnesota Star Tribune the bear pierced its fangs into his forehead during the attack. He had to get 23 stitches.