[Cdt-l] Cdt-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 16

Sat Jan 15 11:18:48 CST 2011

I saw my first, and largest of the five Grizzlies I saw south of Yellowstone.  I believe is was just south of Togwottee, but I would have to check my notes to be exact.  It was south of Yellowstone though.
Ellie
sidselliott at aol.com

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Sleeping with Food in Grizzly Country (Jonathan Ley)
   2. Re: Sleeping with Food in Grizzly Country (Jim and_or Ginny Owen)
   3. Re: Sleeping with Food in Grizzly Country (Jeff Braun)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:03:43 -0800
From: Jonathan Ley <jonathan at phlumf.com>
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Sleeping with Food in Grizzly Country
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Even if you think you're invincible or something... Mice can be a big 
problem in some areas.

On 1/13/2011 9:15 AM, Sam Haraldson wrote:
>> Suge said:
>>
>> I would highly recommend you to not sleep with your food...
>> if there are grizz around.
> I cannot agree with this statement more.  There are very few places
> along the CDT anywhere in Montana where sleeping with your food would
> be an acceptable practice.  The entire corridor from Glacier south to
> Yellowstone is considered to be griz country and following proper
> hanging or canister techniques is highly recommended for both the
> safety of the hiker as well as the bear.
>
> - samh
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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:53:13 -0500
From: Jim and_or Ginny Owen <spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Sleeping with Food in Grizzly Country
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I'll second that.  

And don't kid yourself about the "south to Yellowstone" thing.  The "Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative" 
was taken seriously by a LOT of govenrment agencies.  It pretty much established the griz corridor 

We had to compete with them for a table at Serranos in East Glacier on one of our hikes.   

Jim

http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/

> From: samh at samh.net
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:15:27 -0700
> To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Sleeping with Food in Grizzly Country
> 
> > Suge said:
> >
> > I would highly recommend you to not sleep with your food...
> > if there are grizz around.
> 
> I cannot agree with this statement more. There are very few places
> along the CDT anywhere in Montana where sleeping with your food would
> be an acceptable practice. The entire corridor from Glacier south to
> Yellowstone is considered to be griz country and following proper
> hanging or canister techniques is highly recommended for both the
> safety of the hiker as well as the bear.
> 
> - samh
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:58:47 -0700
From: Jeff Braun <jbraun at vizsolutions.com>
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Sleeping with Food in Grizzly Country
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And of course grizzlies are south of Yellowstone through Togwotee 
Pass and into the northern Winds. I seem to recall CDT hikers 
spotting some and a few maulings:

http://www.focusproductions.com/HTML/skier_pages/bear_attack.htm

http://rivertonradio.com/index.php/2010/10/15/sheriff-reports-grizzly-mauling/

Jeff

At 02:53 PM 1/13/2011, Jim and_or Ginny Owen wrote:
>I'll second that.
>
>And don't kid yourself about the "south to Yellowstone" thing.  The 
>"Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative"
>was taken seriously by a LOT of govenrment agencies.  It pretty much 
>established the griz corridor
>
>We had to compete with them for a table at Serranos in East Glacier 
>on one of our hikes.
>
>Jim
>
>http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/
>
>
>
> > From: samh at samh.net
> > Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:15:27 -0700
> > To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
> > Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Sleeping with Food in Grizzly Country
> >
> > > Suge said:
> > >
> > > I would highly recommend you to not sleep with your food...
> > > if there are grizz around.
> >
> > I cannot agree with this statement more. There are very few places
> > along the CDT anywhere in Montana where sleeping with your food would
> > be an acceptable practice. The entire corridor from Glacier south to
> > Yellowstone is considered to be griz country and following proper
> > hanging or canister techniques is highly recommended for both the
> > safety of the hiker as well as the bear.
> >
> > - samh
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> > Cdt-l at backcountry.net
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