I've seen little mention of bears, and the camping areas I used did not have any bear boxes or warnings, so I assumed I was not in bear country. But on my last day of riding, at the Divide, I heard people talking on the street that went over the bike path. They were trying to catch sight of a bear that had crossed the road ahead of them. They pointed down the trail, and I spun around just quickly enough to see a large bear cross the path several yards from the underpass. Second bear I've seen in the wild.