Originally Posted by
Newspaperguy
For those who have done the trip, were there any problems or close calls with bears or other wildlife? We've got the black bears here in the southern interior of B.C. and I've encountered or observed them quite a few times, but grizzlies seem a bit more unpredictable.
I didn't have any problems with bears. I kept my food in a bear vault and when wild camping dumped it 300m away from my camp. It was never disturbed.
I carried 2 cans of bear spray which I didn't use. I followed reasonable precautions about keeping food and cooking stuff away from where I slept.