[pct-l] Food Bags --bears

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning, Paul,



I don’t think most of the Sierra bears hibernate in PCT areas, if at all.  My
understanding is they sort of migrate up-country in the spring and early
summer following the snowline.


There are usually two good wildlife experts at the Kick-Off with
presentations:  In past years one has been a cougar expert from Univ.
Cal.-Davis, and the other is either a Forest Service or National Park
employee – I don’t remember which – who is a bear expert.  That bear-lady is
the one to ask if you attend the Kick-Off.

Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09



>
> > Steel-Eye
> >
> > Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
> >
> > http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> > http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Gerry Zamora <gerry0625 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> So if not in a area with bears is it relatively safe to just leave your
> >> food in your pack and leave your pack in your tent?  Sounds like a few
> >> people use this method with out any issues while out of bear country of
> >> course.
> >> Gerry0625
> >> On Mar 25, 2011 1:50 PM, "Ate Tuna" <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> I have had a mouse not only try to get into my food in that exact
> >> situation,
> >>> but had it succeed even though I shooed it away multiple times during
> the
> >>> night...and I thought the rain and high winds that night would surely
> >> blow
> >>> that critter off the side of the mountain. I was wrong.
> >>>
> >>> Now I use a regular Ursack all the time. An Ursack was good enough to
> >>> protect my food when I left it on Apache Peak when I left the trail for
> a
> >>> week to attend kickoff. I haven't use an Opsak, but I agree with those
> >> that
> >>> think I should.
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:02 AM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I’ve never had lil' critters try to get into my food when it’s lying
> on
> >> the
> >>>> ground at the head of my bed -- and that’s while sleeping under the
> >> stars.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:29 PM, <dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Just curious what people are using for food bags to keep the critters
> >>>> out,
> >>>>> other than at bear vault areas. Ursack, wire mesh bag, just hang it
> >> etc.
> >>>>> ???
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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