Mount Rainier National Park staff were able to trap the young bear that has been causing concerns in the Paradise area.

Ellen Myers, the park's acting wildlife ecologist, sent me an e-mail saying the bear was caught in a live trap this morning.

"We'll be shepherding the bear tout of Paradise this afternoon in hopes of educating it with aversive conditioning," she wrote.

The park staff is hoping they can scare the bear, believed to be 2 years old, so that it will not associate Paradise with food. Park staff knows it has eaten garbage as well as food put out by a visitor.

The bear stands a much better chance of surviving if they can teach it to stay away from Paradise. In a previous interview, Myers said 60 percent of the bears that are relocated will die within two years.

Scroll down for the post I wrote on Wednesday about the situation.

Mild weather in the mountains has allowed Mount Rainier National Park to keep open the road to White River Campground and access to popular trails in the area, according to a statement from the park.

The area was scheduled to close Monday, but will now stay open until Nov. 3 if weather permits, the statement said.

Park officials advice visitors to carry tire chains in their cars and to be prepared for rapidly changing weather conditions.