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by COGlory 1749 days ago
Go north. Montana, Idaho, etc. Wind River range is absolutely breathtaking.

Just be grizzly aware.

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Glacier NPS is sweet and so is the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Both have a section of the CDT.
You had me until the last part about the grizzlies.
Taking Yellowstone for example For all park visitors combined, the chances of being injured by a grizzly bear are approximately 1 in 2.7 million visits. So very good odds.

https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/injuries.htm

Surely being in a very populated area of the park lessens the chance greatly. Which would mean 1 in 2.7 million visits isn't accurate for what they would be doing.
I'd guess it raises the odds. You don't want them used to people. Especially not associating people with the presence of food.
the drive there is probably the dangerous part compared to grizzlies.
Smoke in Idaho and western Wyoming was awful a few weeks ago. Maybe it’s improved since then, but I wouldn’t bet on it.

Maybe central Montana?

Plenty of fires up there too.

Probably still much open wilderness.