[pct-l] Cramming a BV450 (500) / Canister 'required' areas

[Phil Newhouse]

Okay Ken, "fess up", what did you guys do on your last thru the Sierra?
Please...

phil

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Ken Powers <ken at gottawalk.com> wrote:

> Is it spring already? Daffodils blooming outside my window and heated
> discussion on bear canisters on the PCT-L. ;)
>
> Ken  - -  in sunny CA where it is 60 degrees this morning
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: "pct-l" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 11:16 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] Cramming a BV450 (500) / Canister 'required' areas
>
>
> > who or where did you get this info that an approved container is
> required?
> > is there new rules I am unawares?  This last season they were only
> > required
> > incertain areas...
>
> The 'areas' have been expanding...
> In 2008, Yosemite started requiring the use of canisters in ALL of its
> backcountry
> (affected the northern portion of the park, N of Tuolumne Meadows)...
> Compare the 2007 SIBBG Sierra map to the 2008 map (2009 map 'should' be out
> by early April):
> <http://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/upload/SierraNevadaFoodStorage.pdf>
> =
> 2007
> <http://www.sierrawildbear.gov/foodstorage/map040108.pdf> = 2008
>
> For 2009, Seki will do the same (previously only the 'Rock Creek' and 'Rae
> Lakes' areas,
> though the Rae Lakes area was from Forester Pass to Pinchot Pass, affected
> the PCT)...
> See <http://www.sierrawildbear.gov/foodstorage/sekiwilderness.htm>
> or <http://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/bear_bc.htm>...
> I'm still waiting a response from Seki regarding the "thru-hiker exemption"
> where thrus were
> allowed to camp at bear boxes for food storage (and not carry a canister) -
> don't know yet if
> that will still be the case because last nobo bear box per Seki's webpage
> is
> at Woods Creek
> crossing, approx. PCT mile 801, whereas the northern Seki boundary is at
> PCT
> mile 854...
>
> The anticipated bear canister "required" areas nobo along the PCT for 2009
> (approx. PCT miles):
> Inyo NF: Cottonwood Pass to Seki boundary (PCT miles 750-753);
> Seki NP: Seki southern boundary to northern boundary (PCT miles 753-854);
> Sierra NF (admin. by Inyo NF): Duck Pass area (PCT miles 890-895);
> Inyo NF: Fish Creek area (PCT miles 902-907);
> Inyo NF: Rush Creek/ Mammoth Lakes area (PCT miles 909-929);
> Yosemite NP: Donohue Pass to Tuolumne Mdws. (PCT miles 929-942);
> Yosemite NP: Tuolumne Mdws. to Dorothy Lake Pass (PCT miles 942-998);
> other reference points: Kennedy Mdws. store (PCT mile 703), Sonora Pass
> (1018), Echo/Tahoe (1094).
>
> That's the known relevant info for 2009...
> It's up to each individual to decide what to do - YOU decide for yourself
> (but don't complain
> if you're caught!)...  ;-)
>
> Happy trails!!!
> Jim / PITA
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