[pct-l] Bear Canisters

[stonedancer1 at aol.com]

You might consider having the bear canister all the way thru to Donner Summit.  The bears are particularly active lately.  Homeowners at Echo Lake, around Tahoe and even as far down as Reno are having bears in their trash. I saw bear evidence myself in these three places within the last 2 months. Remember the bear can is to discourage bears habituation to human food sources.  


Stone Dancer

Publisher of AThru-Hiker's Heart, by No Way Ray Echols

" If  you're not living on the EDGE, you're taking up way too much space."



-----Original Message-----
From: GottaWalk <gottawalk at pacbell.net>
To: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thu, Jan 23, 2014 3:37 pm
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear Canisters


We packed our bear canister, put a strip on priority mail tape across the top 
and mailed it to Kennedy Meadows. PO accepted it that way. A bonus is that when 
the PO weighs the canister you know exactly what weight you will be dropping in 
your pack.

We also marked every box mailed with distinctive tape so we could easily spot 
our box in the stacks at the PO. We used that same tape around out bear 
canister.



On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:37 PM, Caitlin Woodyard <woodyard.caitlin at gmail.com> 
wrote:

Hello- Planning a thru-hike this year and looking for bear canister input.
Due to requirements in certain sections, it seems the recommendation is to
begin using one in Kennedy Meadows and continue at least thru Sonora Pass.
Do you put your canister in a re-supply box to be picked up at/near Kennedy
Meadows? Do you start with it? It's extra weight, but peace of mind. (Was
anyone else on the high sierra loop summer of '12 during the hanta virus
scare? Bear canister aka mouse canister….kidding). Would love feedback.
Thanks, Cate.
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