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Details for BC08

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'BC08'
    (Upper Vidette Meadow)

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

    1. BC08 is a standard box, at about 10000 feet, in the Bubbs Creek, Southern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Aug 2000:
      Just south of the trail in tall trees west of where the trail approaches Bubbs Creek.

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

    4. Find waypoint BC08 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.7531000, -118.3942000) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 375626.0, 4068193.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    5. Previous box is BC07: Middle Vidette Meadow.

    6. Next box is BC09: Center Basin Junction.

    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.