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Details for BC01

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'BC01'
    (Bubbs Creek at Sphinx Creek)

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

    1. BC01 is a standard box, at about 6300 feet, in the Bubbs Creek, Southern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, June 1999:
      One standard box in the campsite 50 yards from the bridge at the Bubbs/Sphinx trail junction at a bearing of 40 degrees from the bridge, north of Bubbs Creek, east of the trail junction. If this box is full, try BBBC02 which is only a tenth of a mile away but harder to find.

    3. Directions from Tony Cruz, May 1999:
      The bear box is on the Bubbs Creek trail, just beyond the bridge over Bubbs Creek which marks the intersection with the Sphinx Creek trail. It can be seen less than 100 yards from the spot where one naturally drops the pack to get a breather before crossing the bridge, leaving the Bubbs Creek Trail and taking the Sphinx trail. The box is right in the middle of a large shaded camping area big enough to sleep 20 people.

    4. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One bear box above the Bubbs Creek trail east of the Sphinx Creek crossing.

    5. Find waypoint BC01 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.7802200, -118.5364000) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 362980.0, 4071395.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    6. Next box is BC02: Sphinx Creek at Bubbs Creek.

    7. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Bubbs Creek, Southern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    8. 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.