[pct-l] Bear Canisters

[Romano Scaturro]

I checked out your journal.  Very nice.  Did you carry a laptop with you or 
did you transcribe your notes to computer afterwards?  If you had a laptop, 
how did you recharge batteries?  Do you upload your notes to the internet at 
intervals along the way?

I'm old school and still journal my travels with a pen and notebook.  After 
my trips I staple all my journal pages together along with pictures and/or 
news articles and throw it in a travel box which, perhaps someday, my kids 
or grandkids will discover.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CHUCK CHELIN" <steeleye at wildblue.net>
To: "Ken Powers" <ken at gottawalk.com>
Cc: <boss9871 at aol.com>; <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear Canisters


> Good afternoon, Ken,
>
> I also camped at Glen Aulin in '07.  It was early in their season and they
> were just setting up the camp for the summer.  They said it was OK to camp
> near the bear box, but I don't know what the rules are when they have a 
> full
> camp.
>
> Sure enough, near dusk a young bear came sniffing around.
> http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=189481
>
> Steel-Eye
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Ken Powers <ken at gottawalk.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree with everything you said except that the Glen Aulin bear box is 
>> not
>> accessible to PCT hikers. I thought that also until we stopped there in
>> 2007
>> and stayed at Glen Aulin. The backpackers camp behind the "lodge" had
>> several bear boxes and we made use of one even though we were carrying a
>> bear canister. It was just easier. And a nice place to camp, even though
>> there were many other campers there.
>>
>> Ken
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Bankhead" <wandering_bob at comcast.net>
>> To: <boss9871 at aol.com>
>> Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear Canisters
>>
>>
>> Just because a canister is not required does NOT mean it is not needed or
>> advised.
>>
>>
>> http://www.sierrawildbear.gov/foodstorage/map040108.pdf
>>
>> This is the current map of canister-required areas but it is dated March
>> 2008. Supposedly Sequoia and Kings Canyon NPs and the Inyo NF were going 
>> to
>> expand their requirements to encompass everything in their control, just
>> like yosemite NP did last year. I'd wait until at least April 1 to see 
>> what
>> happens.
>>
>> It is impossible to camp bear box to bear box throughout the entire
>> canister-required area; the distances are too great in spots. Suck it up
>> and
>> plan on carrying the darn things. How far depends on how willing you are 
>> to
>> modify your hiking plan.
>>
>> Option 1:
>> Rent a canister at (or ship yours to) Kennedy Meadows
>>
>> Option 2:
>> Re-supply at Horseshoe Meadow or in Lone Pine (and then back to the trail
>> at
>> HSM). Pick up your canister here at the start of the "canister-required"
>> zone. You can avoid carrying the canister from Kennedy Meadows to here.
>> Incidentally, there are lots of bear boxes at the HSM campground.
>>
>> Option 3:
>> Camp every night at one of the bear boxes between Horseshoe Meadows and
>> Bubbs Creek. Make the hike to Onion Valley in one day and re-suppply 
>> there
>> or in Independence. Get your canister here. From here on, it's not 
>> possible
>> to reach a bear box each night - just too many miles and very few boxes.
>>
>>
>> Where to get rid of the @#$% thing?
>>
>> It's 54 miles from Tuolumne Meadows to the northern boundary of Yosemite
>> NP,
>> and the only bear box past TM is at Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp (and so 
>> not
>> accessible to PCT hikers). Your first opportunity to ship it home or
>> possibly turn in a rental is 11 miles west of Sonora Pass at Kennedy 
>> Meadow
>> Resort (aka Kennedy Meadow North). Otherwise, you'll have to carry it all
>> the way to Echo Lake Resort by South Lake Tahoe.
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