[pct-l] definitive site on bears in the Sierra

[montypct]

or the 'bear hang'
method to properly store your food and refuse. "
Applies to the Muir Wilderness and Ansel Adams
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sierra/recreation/wilderness/wildregs.shtml

I'm just wondering if this section is the same section and if it is really 
in the Muir and Ansel Adams Wilderness.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "montypct" <montypct at gmail.com>
To: "Jeffrey Olson" <jolson at olc.edu>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] definitive site on bears in the Sierra


> Also for the Muir and Ansel Adams Wilderness farther north:
>
> "
> a.. Proper food storage is required to avoid having bears and wildlife eat 
> your food. Use bear canisters, bear resistant panniers, or the 'bear hang' 
> method to properly store your food and refuse. "
>
> http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sierra/recreation/wilderness/wildregs.shtml
>
>
> And Yosemite:
> Don't camp close too Donahue Pass (above 9600 feet).
> Don't camp within seven miles of the road at Tuolomne Meadows.
> There's bear boxes near the store in the campground.
>
> http://www.nps.gov/archive/yose/wilderness/bfoodstorage.htm
>
> Seven miles north of Tuolomne there are no requirements.
>
> Looks like a Bear Box and hang strategy will 
> work................................... legally...........................
>
> Warner Springs Monty