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Details for BA05

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'BA05'
    (Moraine Lake)

    Detail Map: (scroll down for directions, waypoints, and area map)

    1. BA05 is a large box, at about 9300 feet, in the Big Arroyo region.

    2. Directions from Mark Sapiro, with GPS waypoint, Sep 2006:
      Proceeding on the trail from Sky Parlor to Moraine Lake, you will see at Moraine Lake, an established camp to the left and a new style large box to the right near the trail in plain view.

    3. Directions from Michael Golden, Sep 2000:
      There is a box right next to the trail in the middle of the established camp site [by Moraine Lake].

    4. Find waypoint BA05 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.4623100, -118.4545500) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 369750.0, 4036014.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    5. Previous box is BA04: Lower Lost Canyon.

    6. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Big Arroyo region.

    7. Use Google Maps or Google Earth to view this region overlaid with roads and trails on satellite images or maps.
      (Click on any icon to get details in a popup, double-left-click to zoom in, double-right-click to zoom out.)


    Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.