[pct-l] bear box before Lone Pine

[Len Glassner]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Laura Newman <newmanonthepct at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I realize most folks pick up their bear vault at Kennedy Meadows but figure
> this was do to logistics.  I'm planning to be coming into Lone Pine for a
> resupply.  I pick it up then or is it needed in the miles before this point?
>
If you look at the following map, you'll see that that Trail Pass and
Cottonwood Pass (I'm assuming that one or the other is your exit
point) are on the edge of a territory where bear-resistant storage is
required.  Looks like, prior to exit, anything but camping right at
the top of CP would be legal.

http://sierrawildbear.gov/foodstorage/map082609.pdf