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[pct-l] Bear boxes on the Rae Lakes Loop

We're doing it clockwise. (even holding the map upside down! ;)) Day 1
to Upper Paradise, Day 2 into Woods Creek, Day 3 somewhere near the
PCT/JMT, Day 4 & 5 in the Rae Lakes Basin, Day 6 over Glen Pass and into
Vidette, Day 7 back to Cedar Grove. That's the official itinerary.

I'm pushing for making it into Woods Creek on Day 1 and onto the PCT/JMT
on Day 2. That will leave us a day to fish the Rae Lakes Basin and
HOPEFULLY do a side trip into Gardiner Basin either via Charlotte or
off-trail through the Sixty Lake Basin.

But I'm not the Captain on this journey. Erik Yakel is going with us and
I know he'll be antsy to put a few miles between Mist Falls and 1st
camp. I will too.
My buddy Dave may be thinking less ambitious mileage, though. He's
heading up this little party.

Looking forward to it! I need a little (a lot!) of "mind flossing" about
now.
Thoughts of the trip are starting to nudge out all others...

Michael Saenz, Associate Partner
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-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Jeff
Moorehead
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:02 PM
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Bear boxes on the Rae Lakes Loop

Mike,
 I did the Rae Lakes loop about 5 years ago and remember that there are
bear boxes along the whole route. Which direction are you doing the
loop? Holding the map so north is at the top, we went counterclockwise
(i.e. came out the last day down Mist Falls). I remember using bear
boxes at Junction Meadow, Rae Lakes, and again at the junction of the
PCT and Wood's Creek. Hopefully this information is still current.
 Have a great time!




> There are permanent back country bear boxes at the Kearsarge Lakes, 
> Charlotte Lake, and in Vidette Meadow(2 spots). Probably would be a
good
> idea to utilize these in light of recent incidents. I don't know of
any in
> the Rae Lakes area.
> Eric
> link to location http://www.climber.org/scripts/BearBoxes.cgi?REG+CK
>
>
>>From: "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com>
>>To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>>Subject: Re: [BULK] - [pct-l] BearVault status in a portion of SEKI
>>Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:24:21 -0700
>>
>>>I better catch a lot of fish
>>
>>you can practically walk accross the surface of the rae lakes there's
so
>>much trout in there.....
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Saenz"
>><msaenz@mve-architects.com>
>>To: "bearvault" <sales@bearvault.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:32 AM
>>Subject: RE: [BULK] - [pct-l] BearVault status in a portion of SEKI
>>
>>
>>>Great.
>>>I'll be in this exact area week after next...
>>>
>>>And my new BV300 is grizzly approved???
>>>(maybe the Rae Lakes Loop yogis are just "smaaarrrtter than the
average
>>>bear!")
>>>
>>>To BearVault: Send me an extra BV300 and I'll stuff it with smoked 
>>>bacon, slather steak sauce on it and leave it out to see just how
well
>>>it performs... Of course, I'll follow the directions and secure the
lid
>>>properly...
>>>
>>>I better catch a lot of fish.
>>>
>>>
>>>Michael Saenz, Associate Partner
>>>McLarand    Vasquez    Emsiek   &   Partners,   Inc.
>>>A r c h i t e c t u r e  |  P l a n n i n g  |  I n t e r i o r s
>>>MVE       MVE    Institutional       MVP    International
>>>w  w  w   .   m  v  e   -   a  r  c  h  i  t  e  c  t  s   .   c  o m
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
>>>[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of bearvault
>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:48 PM
>>>To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>>>Subject: [BULK] - [pct-l] BearVault status in a portion of SEKI
>>>
>>>We wanted to let you know of a development that affects the use of
the
>>>certain bear canisters in a specific area of the Sierra. The
Kearsarge
>>>Lakes/Charlotte Lake/Upper Bubbs Creek areas have had several
BearVaults
>>>and Bearikades broken into by a bear(s).  At this time these
incidents
>>>are isolated to this specific area and possibly one or more bears.
Due
>>>to the local and specific nature of these incidents the enclosed 
>>>document was sent out by the Whitney Ranger Station concerning this
>>>area.   BearVault is obtaining several of the canisters from the
>>>incidents in this area in an effort to determine the cause of the 
>>>failures.
>>>
>>>The Sierra Interagency Black Bear Group has pointed out that at this 
>>>time this does not affect the approval status of any BearVault
models.
>>>The local rangers will attempt to tag the suspected bear(s) and
observe
>>>its behavior during interactions with bear canisters put in the area
to
>>>observe what is happening.
>>>
>>>Thank you.
>>>
>>>Jamie
>>>
>>>
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