[pct-l] Another question re bear canisters

CHUCK CHELIN steeleye at wildblue.net
Sat Feb 5 13:33:47 CST 2011


Good morning, Amuddler,

I haven’t seen anything in the regulations that says you have to carry a
bear ‘can, but it does say that you must store all your food in a ‘can.  If
two of you can get all your food in one ‘can, you’re golden.

Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Mike Yanasak <amuddler2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Silly me!  I neglected to pose another question re bear canister
> requirements, so here goes:  If I am going to be hiking with my partner the
> length
> of the PCT, do each of us need to carry bear canisters, or could one expect
> that the rangers would be OK with one canister for the two of us?
> Thanks.
> Amuddler
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