What are the chances of a bear encounter while hiking either Rocky Mountains...

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...or Yellowstone.? I am a little weary about going camping out west recently due to the fact of bears mostly. I love to camp and hike, and I want to do it either in the Rocky mountains or Yellowstone. What are my chances of seeing them or encountering them. Any kind of bear that is.
 
200 years ago there was 100,000 grizzly bears in the American Wilderness. Now only 1000 survive in the lower 48 states. I would say that encountering a bear is quite unlikely but there is still a slim possibility.
 
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