[pct-l] Bear Canister Regs from Sequoia-Kings Canyon NP

[Christine Kudija" <cmkudija@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Christine Kudija)]

Here's the latest, copied directly from Sequoia-Kings Canyon (SEKI) National
Parks website (link below):

http://www.nps.gov/seki/snrm/wildlife/food_storage.htm ; note the last
paragraph, which would apply to non-stealth-camping through-hikers:

<<Special Backcountry Restrictions
SEKI-approved bear-resistant food storage containers with the capacity to
store all food are required from the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend through
October 31 at the following locations:

Rae Lakes Loop through Paradise Valley to Woods Creek crossing, through the
Rae Lakes Basin and the 60 Lakes Basin into the Charlotte Lake area, and
south along the Pacific Crest Trail to Forester Pass. Also included are the
Bubbs Creek drainage and associated trails and cross-country areas from
Kearsarge Lakes and Center Basin to Cedar Grove, and all other drainages
feeding Bubbs Creek east of, and including East Creek. This also extends
south to the Kings-Kern Divide.
Dusy Basin which includes all camp areas from Bishop Pass to the junction
with the John Muir Trail in LeConte Canyon and all cross-country areas in
Dusy Basin and Palisades Basin.

Parties __traveling through__ (underlining ck's) the Rae Lakes area on trips
__not beginning or ending__ at Cedar Grove, Kearsarge Pass, Baxter Pass, or
Sawmill Pass must either use SEKI-approved bear-resistant food storage
containers or camp at sites with lockers.>>

fwiw, ymmv, etc, etc...'twould be nice if they included maps.

Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija

"Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top.
Then you will see how low it was."  Dag Hammarskjold