[at-l] Prepackaged foods and bears

[Sloetoe]

Animals of all sorts will smell through foil like
through tissue. They may not *want* the Mountain
House, but the bars will definitely get it. Whether
you sleep on your food or hang it high, don't think
that foil will foil any critters.

--- Paul Young <pd.young at comcast.net> wrote:

> I am planning a trip through GSMNP or Shenandoah
> around the end of
> September, and I need advice on food and bear bags. 
> I am planning on
> using commercially packaged dehydrated food like
> Mountain House.  We
> will also carry cereal bars like South Beach or
> Special K in the foil
> wrapper?  Will it be necessary to hang the unopened
> ones since they are
> sealed at the factory? Now I expect that all waste
> would be kept in a
> bear bag since they have already been opened.  Right
> now the only
> critters I have had to ward off have been the
> raccoons.  Any ideas or
> suggestions?

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