Sadly, this is the only shot I got of a bear on the whole trip, despite seeing lots of black bears and a couple of grizzlys. One local I talked to in Watson Lake said "Yeah, the black bears are as thick as rats up here. But don't tell the Chinese ." I ran into some bikers in Anchorage who told a tale of being chased by an angry female bear on the Stewart Cassiar Highway. I personally had no problems. But then I was fastidious about my bear prevention camping technique. I rather prefer staying out of the food chain when I am the protein du jour.