[pct-l] bear canisters

[Aaron Wallace]

One more wrinkle: in all the Sierra wilderness areas, "proper food
storage" is required.  This means hanging/bear-bagging, canisters, or
bear-boxes (and specifically *not* sleeping with food, stuffing it in
cracks in rocks, "stealth camping", etc.)  In other words, even in
places that don't require a canister, you must hang your food
effectively *and* you must actively defend your food should a bear enter
your camp.  It's your responsibility to keep your food from bears, and
you can be fined if a bear does get your food.  Those perfect
bear-bagging trees printed on the back of plastic topo maps are not that
common in the high Sierra, and bear-boxes can be full when you arrive
late at night, long after the weekenders have filled them with their
excess food and garbage.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net 
> [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Len Roughgarden
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:21 PM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] bear canisters
> 
> Ok I think I get it? Either plan on camping at a bear box or 
> carry a canister. Is that corrrct?