[pct-l] garcia vs. lexan bear cannisters

[thebeave7 at hotmail.com (eric lee)]

Oh contrair good friend. Seqouia and Kings Canyon, as well as Yosemite in 
California have approved the Garcia Canisters, the Bearikades, the 
Bearvaults(Lexan) with 1 piece lid, and Bear Kegs. This is directly off the 
NPS/Inyo NF website.
http://www.nps.gov/seki/snrm/wildlife/wildlife_data/container.pdf
I have used a Bearvault with no incident so far. I did talk to a JMT hiker 
on the trail last summer who had a bear get into his first generation 
Bearvault, though designs have changed since then. This year's models are 
conditionally approved until they survive the summer. The second generation 
BV200s are fully approved by SIBG. None are truly impenatrable, I have heard 
stories of Yosemite bears popping lids off Garcia's, but thats a 1 in a 
million type thing. Always some possibility of failure.
http://www.sierrawildbear.gov/foodstorage/approvedcontainers.htm

And your second email regarding the high sierras, everything will be 
"passable". It just depends on how comfortable you are traveling over snow. 
Come end of July crampons can probably be set aside for all but the highest 
peaks and most sheltered couliers.
Eric J Lee

>From: "matt maxon" <matt@mattmaxon.com>
>To: "alec" <amr10009@yahoo.com>, <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] garcia vs. lexan bear cannisters
>Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:59:59 -0700
>
>The only NPS "approved" is garcia & bearikade
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "alec" <amr10009@yahoo.com>
>To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 1:55 PM
>Subject: [pct-l] garcia vs. lexan bear cannisters
>
>
> > friends,
> >
> > i've heard some first hand accounts of of our favorite furry friends
>opening the twist off lexan bear cannisters.  can anyone corroberate?   is
>the garcia the only impenetrable cannister left?
> >
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