Originally Posted by
Rob_E
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.
It is not a huge problem but apparently there are some there. When we were riding the GAP on our big BF trip several years ago, a BF member saw one down by the river somewhere north of Connelsville. We even have them on the connecting spur, the Montour Trail near Hendersonville. But I have never seen them there either.
We are also supposed to have river otters in the Chartiers Creek just north of Clariion which is pretty incredible since Clariton was onece one of the most polluted cities in the country.