[pct-l] food containers when you don't need a bear vault?

[Jeffrey Olson]

Use freezer bags and tape them closed.  Use a lightweight stuff sack to 
hold food you're not eating on the trail.  I've never had a problem with 
crumbs - then again, most of the food I eat wouldn't make a difference 
were it ground to pulp or not... 

If you're meaning how to keep critters out of the stuffsack while 
hanging it from a tree, I've never had a problem with a squirrel or 
chipmunk gaining access.  If you sleep with your food, then just fight 
them off!

You need a bear cannister from the southern edge of Sequoia National 
Park to the northern edge of Yosemite National Park. 

Jeffrey Olson
Martin, SD
> --- On Tue, 9/23/08, Laura Newman <lanewman at mac.com> wrote:
>
> From: Laura Newman <lanewman at mac.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] food containers when you don't need a bear vault?
> To: "pct-l" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 12:34 PM
>
> As a girl who has mainly backpacked in the Sierras, I have always  
> used bear canisters to hold my food and other stinky stuff.  As I  
> daydream about not having to haul that thing for the entire 2,650  
> miles it dawned on me that I don't know what to use for the other  
> areas where a canister is not needed.
>
> Any good suggestions to insure not ending up with a bag of crumbs for  
> dinner or the possibility of spilling something all over one's gear?   
> And how do you keep the critters out if using a stuff sack?  Lastly,  
> is the point to start using it at Kennedy Meadows?  And when can one  
> safely send that thing home?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Laura
> Class of 2009
>
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