Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for BC10

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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Bear box 'BC10'
(East Lake North Outlet)

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BC10 is a standard box, at about 9500 feet, in the Bubbs Creek, Southern Rae Lakes Loop region.
Directions from Scott Sullivan, with GPS waypoint, Sep 1999:
One standard box at the north end of the lake, easy to spot in a well established camp area, several hundred yards west of the trail - DON'T cross the outlet stream.
Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
One box at the lower end of East Lake.

Find waypoint BC10 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
(NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)

  (lat,lon) = (36.7289100, -118.4437400) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 371163.0, 4065575.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.

Previous box is BC09: Center Basin Junction.
Next box is BC11: East Lake South Inlet.
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Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.