[pct-l] Glacier Peak and mice

[Jennifer Zimmerman]

Right on!  I've never had mouse encounters as bad as I had on the
Wonderland trail.  In one of the camps on the SE side, they managed to get
up a bear pole and chew into my hung food.

On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 4:54 PM, Herb Stroh <HStroh at sjmslaw.com> wrote:

> My worst mouse experiences were on the Wonderland Trail. I crossed a
> bridge, put my pack down to get sunscreen, put the sunscreen on and then
> replaced my pack. In that amount of time a mouse had eaten a hole through
> the pocket of my lap belt and stolen my trail snacks.
>
> I used my rain jacket for a pillow at night. Unfortunately, one night I
> forgot and left snacks in my pocket. Sure enough, mice ate a hole in the
> pocket while the jacket was under my head, once again stealing my trail
> snacks.
>
> I continue to use the pack and jacket, holes and all, as a reminder to
> protect my food 24/7.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On May 10, 2017, at 1:55 PM, Scott Diamond <scott.diamond.mail at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I had a hole in the netting of my  tent. Since there were no mosquitoes I
> > didn't think it would be a problem but in the Northern Cascades, for a
> > week, every night, a mouse would climb up the netting, in through the
> hole
> > and then scamper around my tent searching for my food bag. The worst part
> > was how I found out about it. I always woke up because a mouse had walked
> > across my face. There is little as eerie as being asleep and feeling
> these
> > small feet on your face.  It got to be a regular thing. I'd turn on my
> > light find the mouse, open the tent and shoo it out. The mouse never
> > returned the rest of the night but it was uncanny how this same process
> > repeated each night I camped at a different site.
> >
> > So, I'll buy one of those mouse canisters next time they are available.
> >
> > -Rover
> >
> > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Barry Teschlog <
> tokencivilian at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Mice - the "Yosemite Bears" of Washington when it comes to stealing
> hiker
> >> food and ripping up tents.
> >>
> >> Best get a "mouse canister" for the grub.  I can see an Glacier Peak
> Mouse
> >> Interagency Working Group (GPMIWG) in our future to certify the
> acceptable
> >> mouse canisters.  Please, think of the mice.  Problem mice will have to
> be
> >> destroyed if they get habituated to human food.
> >>
> >> Tongue firmly in cheek on the above.  ;-)
> >>
> >> But seriously, yes, mice are a pain in the neck in that area.  They'll
> >> chew through zip lock bags, stuff sacks and tents to get at the grub,
> >> especially if the food is directly against the netting or edge of a
> tent.
> >> I've not had a problem with mice chewing their way in when "hanging" the
> >> food inside the tent.  I've personally never had a mouse get into a
> hung up
> >> food bag, but I use very fine cord in a poorly executed "bear bag" hang
> job
> >> (mouse bag?, LOL) and they may not have been able to climb down that.
> >>
> >>      From: sdscpcts <sdscpcts at yahoo.com>
> >> To: David Hough reading PCT-L <pctl at oakapple.net>;
> pct-l at backcountry.net;
> >> tokencivilian at yahoo.com
> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 8:27 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Glacier Peak and mice
> >>
> >> Two years ago I camped in the campsite on the south side of Suiattle
> River
> >> bridge and had a mouse chew through the side of my tent to get to some
> >> food. The next night I camped just west of the creek that is west of the
> >> junction of the PCT and the Suiattle River Trail. There I hung my food,
> but
> >> the mice climbed the tree and descended the rope to attack my food.
> >>      Mataguay Connector
> >>
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