[pct-l] bears & food

[scourtway at bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)]

to increase your chances of bear sightings, camp at 1,000 island lake !

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl (1977 Kelty Kid)" <csiechert@hotmail.com>
To: <pct-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 3:31 PM
Subject: RE: [pct-l] bears & food


> > the right circumstances.  I've done some hiking in bear country and have
> > never seen one.  How likely is it that one would encounter a bear on the
> > PCT, any real statistics?
>
> No statistics, but here's some old anecdotal data: On our 1977 thru hike,
we
> saw bears at Tuolumne Meadows, Marble Mountains, and Old Baldy (southern
> Oregon)--total of five visual sightings. In addition, we saw irrefutable
> evidence of recent bear activity at Lake Arrowhead (southern California),
> Kings Canyon, elsewhere in Marble Mountains, and Walupt Lake trail
(southern
> Washington).
>
> More recent trips in the Sierra (but usually after thru-hiker season)
> confirm that they are most definitely still out there. Will you see one?
> Only if you're lucky.
> _______________________________________________
> pct-l mailing list
> pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> unsubscribe or change options:
> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l