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Details for BC07

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'BC07'
    (Middle Vidette Meadow)

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

    1. BC07 is a standard box, at about 9500 feet, in the Bubbs Creek, Southern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    2. Note: This box does not appear to be on the forest service's list.

    3. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Aug 2000:
      Between the John Muir Trail and Bubbs Creek, in an obvious campsite among tall trees, roughly a third of a mile EAST of the junction where the John Muir Trail leaves Bubbs and climbs north to Bullfrog Lake.

    4. Find waypoint BC07 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.7591200, -118.4062100) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 374564.0, 4068876.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    5. Previous box is BC06: Lower Vidette Meadow.

    6. Next box is BC08: Upper 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.