What's your experience going solo in (dense) grizzly bear country?
I personally prefer backpacking solo and going at my own pace. I've done a lot of solo time in the Wind River Range, which technically is grizzly habitat but I've never seen any bears or felt even remotely worried about them out there. I did one short solo in Glacier NP and was pretty paranoid and made lots of noise but never saw a bear. I've also done a ton of hiking in the Tetons and run into a number of griz, but mostly along popular trails so they didn't pay any mind to me probably because they were fairly used to humans.
Well recently I've been getting psyched for the coming backpacking season and I've been plotting potential trips, and the common theme with the spots I've been looking at is that they are bigger more remote and lesser travelled wilderness in fairly dense grizzly country (like the Bob Marshall wilderness in MT and Absarokas in the GYE). I've got bear safe food storage, know the usual protocols, and have never had an issue in the pasts, but I know the spots I'm looking at are a step up for grizzly hazard.
So I'm just curious has anyone else done extensive solo time in more remote wilderness areas with dense grizzly population? What was your experience and did you have any encounters or close calls?