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Details for BC02

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'BC02'
    (Sphinx Creek at Bubbs Creek)

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

    1. BC02 is a standard box, at about 6200 feet, in the Bubbs Creek, Southern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, June 1999:
      One standard box at the far east edge of the camp area 100 yards up the Avalanche/Sphinx trail from the bridge at the Bubbs/Sphinx trail junction, south of Bubbs Creek, east of the trail. This camp area is harder to find that BBBC01, and is behind a huge flat boulder (30' wide, chest high). Leave the trail just where it gets steep and starts to switchback (the second, larger, clearing as you head uphill from the bridge). It's closer to the river than it is to the trail, in a stand of trees near some large boulders behind the big flat boulder.

    3. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One bear box across the creek [west of where the Bubbs Creek trail crosses Sphinx Creek] on the Avalanche Pass trail.

    4. Find waypoint BC02 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.7790000, -118.5361100) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 363003.9, 4071258.1) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    5. Previous box is BC01: Bubbs Creek at Sphinx Creek.

    6. Next box is BC03: Charlotte 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.