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Details for BP03

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'BP03'
    (Lower Backpacker Parking Lot)

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

    1. BP03 is 4 standard boxes, at about 7700 feet, in the Big Pine Creek Drainage region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Aug 2001:
      Four standard boxes at the west edge of the backpacker parking lot, where the upper and lower loops come together between the outhouse and the road to the trailhead.

    3. Find waypoint BP03 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (37.1278300, -118.4274100) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 373284.0, 4109809.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    4. Previous box is BP02: Upper Backpacker Parking Lot.

    5. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Big Pine Creek Drainage region.

    6. 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.