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Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for BC06
Generated on 15 Mar 2009, see revision history for update details.

CORRECTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED! contact Steve Eckert.
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    Bear box 'BC06'
    (Lower Vidette Meadow)

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

    1. BC06 is a standard box, at about 9500 feet, in the Bubbs Creek, Southern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    2. Directions from Scott Sullivan, with GPS waypoint, Aug 2000:
      From the intersection of the John Muir Trail and the [Bubbs Creek] trail from Road's End/Junction Meadow, go WEST just over a tenth of a mile on the trail toward Junction Meadow, the bear box is 20 feet south of the trail at the west end of the meadow in a very established camp area.

    3. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box north of the trail in Lower Vidette.

    4. Find waypoint BC06 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.7591400, -118.4138200) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
        (zone,east,north) = (11S, 373884.0, 4068888.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    5. Previous box is BC05: Junction Meadow East Creek.

    6. Next box is BC07: Middle Vidette Meadow.

    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.