[pct-l] Trailhead Bearboxes Food Caches

[Jeffrey Olson]

I've done that at Onion Valley once and Horseshoe Meadows twice.  No 
problems either time...

On 12/7/2010 4:16 PM, Kevin Cook wrote:
> I'll be using the one at Onion Valley. I have a friend joining me for part
> of the hike, ending at that TH. Since you can't leave a box of food in the
> car there (can you? I assume bears are a possibility there), I suggested he
> just leave it in the bear box. It will sit in there for 8-10 days while he
> drives south to meet me and we hike back to Onion Valley.
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Gary Schenk<gwschenk at socal.rr.com>  wrote:
>
>> A few days ago, Ellen suggested using trailhead bearboxes as food caches
>> for long distance hikers. My response to her and the list as that this
>> was verboten.
>>
>> Well, I just got off the phone with an Inyo National Forest ranger. She
>> says using the trailhead bearboxes as food caches is OK. Just put a
>> pickup date on the packages. There is no time limit on the caches.
>>
>> Ellen is totally correct.
>>
>> Gary
>>
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