Don't go solo camping in Southeast if you're still afraid of bears (or rain).  I was on Chichigof Island this summer, and saw brown bears every day of my 10 day trip.  I've through hiked crow pass probably a dozen times in my life, and the thing that terrifies me isn't bears, it's losing my footing while crossing snow patches on a steep slope up at the very top of the pass (not far from where your picture above was taken) and sliding down to shoot off of the cliff below.