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[pct-l] Bear Cans in Yosemite



That isn't in Yosemite, though.  Different regs apply.

Suge

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Steve Courtway wrote:

> thousand island lake is at 9800 ft. and there're plenty bear there.
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marshall Karon" <m.karon@comcast.net>
> To: "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com>; "Christopher Willett"
> <chwillet@indiana.edu>
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 11:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear Cans in Yosemite
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> 
> > What I don't understand is the requirement for bear canisters if you go
> over
> > 9600 ft. Bears typically never go that high. There isn't any food up there
> > for them. When attending a Tuolumne Meadows ranger talk, we heard the
> ranger
> > say bears rarely went over 6000-7000 ft. in the Sierras.  And then, only
> > where there were huge campsites.
> >
> > Marshall Karon
> > Portland, OR
> > m.karon@comcast.net
> >
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