Yes. You should store all your attractants, including toothpaste if you have any. Cooking things as well. That’s why I look for campgrounds with food storage lockers when in bear country. I have occasionally used campground bathrooms when lockers have not been available. But it sounds like you’re planning to be in true wilderness, so that might not be an option.
BTW…The all attractants rule I learned before by week in the backcountry of Glacier National Park. In the end, you’ll have to decide for yourself. Six years ago, while I was sleeping, I had a huge black bear walk near my tent, stopping to take a dump, on the way to raiding the unsecured dumpsters at a private campground abutting the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania. I later had a close encounter with it leaving camp. Not the way I wanted to start my day.
Last edited by indyfabz; 08-20-23 at 04:09 PM.