[pct-l] bear canisters too small for long stretches on PCT?

[jplynch at crosslink.net]

Katy has a great idea.  There are bear boxes at the Little Yosemite Valley 
campground (which is the only one I know about).

-----Original Message----- 
From: Katy Shaw
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 10:09 AM
To: jplynch at crosslink.net
Cc: Richard Sturm ; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] bear canisters too small for long stretches on PCT?

There are also several campsites in the Sierras that have bear boxes.  The 
first couple of days back on trail after a resupply, you can time your stops 
so that you arrive at those campsites if you have too much food that won’t 
fit into your canister. I saw several JMT hikers last summer who employed 
this strategy.

-Unicorn

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> On Mar 23, 2018, at 7:01 AM, <jplynch at crosslink.net> 
> <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
>
> One suggestion I've seen is to carry the first day's food outside of the 
> canister, since it'll be eaten before nightfall.  And for the last day, 
> you don't need to carry food for dinner, since you'll be off the trail.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Sturm
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 9:58 AM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] bear canisters too small for long stretches on PCT?
>
> Regarding bear canisters the larger 2 lb 9 oz BV500 supposedly holds 7 
> days of food, per the manufacturer (and this is written on the box it 
> comes in). I can only get  about 5 days of food into mine including 
> packaging.  You'd have to dump all your food together out of the packages 
> to fit in 7 days, right?
>
>
> Even if you can fit in 5-7 days worth of food, the distance between 
> resupplies in the Sierras can be 10 days from what I can see, at least at 
> my slow hiking pace. Doesn't this force many hikers to "cheat" and carry a 
> separate food supply kept outside the approved canister?  It wouldn't be 
> practical to have two canisters.  One might consider the lighter Ursack 
> (about 8-13 oz, depending on the model) as a backup to the canister, but 
> apparently the local rules don't approve of that.
>
>
> How do other hikers handle this issue?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> RS
>
> r-sturm at msn.com
>
>
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