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Details for BC05

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'BC05'
    (Junction Meadow East Creek)

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

    1. BC05 is a standard box, at about 8200 feet, in the Bubbs Creek, Southern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    2. Directions from Gary Craig, July 2002:
      The distance from the trail to this box is more like 20 or 30 yards, not 50 yards as estimated earlier. It is a standard box on the west side of the East Lake trail.... BUT.... if you use the giant log crossing a couple hundred yards west (downstream) of the 'main' Bubbs Creek crossing, you will likely walk right next to this box on your way back to the East Lake trail after crossing Bubbs! This is a bad stream crossing and if I could vote for one place in the Sierra that needs a footbridge, it would be here.

    3. Directions from Scott Sullivan, with GPS waypoint, Sep 1999:
      From the intersection of the [Bubbs Creek] trail from Road's End, and the East Creek trail to East Lake, go south toward East Lake and cross Bubbs Creek (may be difficult). The bear box is located perhaps 50 yards south along the trail after crossing the creek and is visible from the trail.

    4. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box across the creek from Lower Junction Meadow on the trail to East Lake.

    5. Find waypoint BC05 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.7518900, -118.4406300) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 371479.0, 4068120.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    6. Previous box is BC04: Lower Junction Meadow Bubbs Ck.

    7. Next box is BC06: Lower Vidette Meadow.

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

    9. 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.