[pct-l] Bear can requirements

[gwschenk at socal.rr.com]

I'd pick it up at Kennedy Meadows. Is the idea of carrying a couple of extra pounds "needlessly" for a bit so bad?

If you depend on bearboxes, you have to camp where the boxes are. A can will give you more flexibility.

Gary
---- Gerry Zamora <gerry0625 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> We got all 3 of your post maybe no one who has the answer has read your
> question go thru the archives patients
> Gerry0625
> On Feb 4, 2011 12:16 PM, "Mike Yanasak" <amuddler2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Looking at the "bear can required" map, I am confused. BearVault, Inc.
> will
> > deliver them to either Kennedy Meadows, Tuolumne Meadows, or Echo Lake. I
> > want to avoid carrying the can where it is not required. I may be reading
> > things incorrectly or just not understanding it all. The "required" areas
> > appear to be several isolated spots with large areas in between where the
> > requirement is waived. Hiking from the south to north, the earlier
> > "required" areas seem either short enough so that one could traverse them
> in
> > a single day or else they appear to have lock boxes at the campgrounds (or
> > both).
> > My question is: at which of the above three possible delivery places
> > *must*one receive his bear canister in order to be able to be able to
> > comply with
> > the law (the latest possible delivery site)? I want to skate by as long as
> > possible before having to haul the additional couple of pounds.
> > Thanks.
> > Amuddler
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