[pct-l] PCT Bear Canister Loan Program - Request for Donations

[Scott Williams]

Great map.  This makes it really clear.

Thanks

Shroomer

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 8:38 AM, eckert <jape1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Bear cans are only _required_ in specific areas.  See the map here:
> > http://sierrawild.gov/bears/food-storage-map
> Where you _choose_ to carry them might be different.  One poster to the
> list said they carried the can the whole trail.  Others have posted that
> they chose to never carry the can, trusting in finding what food lockers
> still remain, or choosing to disregard of the regulations.  NOBO hikers
> that use bear cans for the required areas seem to choose to pick them up
> either in Kennedy Meadows or Lone Pine via Trail Pass.
>
> It a choice you must make, weighing the consequences to yourself, your
> hike, and primarily, to the bears.
>
> On 1/22/2011 7:51 AM, gwschenk at socal.rr.com wrote:
> > Sounds more like north of Kennedy Meadows is where the bears star.
> >
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