[pct-l] bears & food

[dude at fastmail.ca (dude)]

If you want guarantees, then camp at cathedral lakes just south of 
Tuolumne Meadows.  This area is known as "Bear Alley".  If you want 
real guarantees, then camp in this area AND cook in your camp.

peace,
dude




> 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.
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