It never ceas to surprise me how many people are afraid of Black Bears. You can almost always scare them off with little effort. Most all bear attacks in CO have been to people sleeping (in tents ~ intense!).

Now, mountain lions... They scare the hell out off me so I always go into the woods armed & try to have total situational awareness because they are sneaky as hell and can be on top of you in an instant.

Gotta love the tourists who think this is Yosemite or Alaska or such with big mean grizzlies.