[pct-l] Bear Cannisters in the North Cascades

[go4ahike at pacifier.com (Brian Bowlsby)]

As already stated, the bears in N. Cascades are pretty timid, so they
shouldn't be a problem.

However, the mice throughout most of Washington are fearsome! Nearly every
night they raided my tarp last September on my thru-hike. It's hard to sleep
with mice crawling over your sleeping bag and running across your face in
the middle of the night! Hanging the food didn't stop them either. I
witnessed several times the mice jumping from the tree trunk to the bag or
even crawling down the cord from the branch above!

I recommend carrying an ursack if you have one, just for the mice, not for
the bears!

Steady


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[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net]On Behalf Of Geoffrey
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Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 9:54 AM
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Subject: [pct-l] Bear Cannisters in the North Cascades


Ok veterans, I'm getting close to my own kick off date for the North
Cascades.  Most everyone in Yogi's great book says they slept with their
food in their tent, under feet or off to the side.  Bear
cannisters weigh a lot and often, animals get into hung food.  I have twine
for hanging and own a cannister.  What's your advice?  How finnicky is the
Park, when I get there about bear proofing?  How
big a problem are bears in the North?
											Geoffrey (Philadelphia)

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