[pct-l] bear canisters too small for long stretches on PCT?

[William E Frenette]

Hi in 2014 My Granddaughter & I did K M south to Whitney & returned, 18 days. I had the BV 450 & She had the 500. 1st day of food was outside the canister, the last day we were out but had plenty for the trip-don't know how much you eat but we did it.

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On Friday, March 23, 2018 Richard Sturm <r-sturm at msn.com> wrote:
Regarding bear canisters the larger 2 lb 9 oz BV500 supposedly holds 7 days of food, per the manufacturer (and this is written on the box it comes in). I can only get about 5 days of food into mine including packaging. You'd have to dump all your food together out of the packages to fit in 7 days, right?


Even if you can fit in 5-7 days worth of food, the distance between resupplies in the Sierras can be 10 days from what I can see, at least at my slow hiking pace. Doesn't this force many hikers to "cheat" and carry a separate food supply kept outside the approved canister? It wouldn't be practical to have two canisters. One might consider the lighter Ursack (about 8-13 oz, depending on the model) as a backup to the canister, but apparently the local rules don't approve of that.


How do other hikers handle this issue?


Thanks,


RS

r-sturm at msn.com


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