[pct-l] Bear canister and mouse canister

Saskia saskia.home at xs4all.nl
Sat Dec 30 05:03:55 CST 2006


Hi,
On the JMT we carried two bearvaults for two people and carried all  
our food, garbage and toiletries in them for 8-9 days. It was a tight  
fit.
Saskia/Sauce

On 30-dec-2006, at 6:56, Vic Hanson wrote:

> I, and everyone as far as I knew,  that I hiked with or near this  
> past summer, used bear canisters of some sort, from at least KM to  
> Tuolome Meadows. Sure they are heavy and sometimes hard to pack but  
> you get used to them and I believe are worth carrying. However, I  
> don't know of anyone who got ALL of their food into one except  
> maybe Yeah But and B1 who had the 2 foot long Ursaks. I didn't hear  
> of any bear problems on the trail but we hardly saw any in the  
> Sierras.




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