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Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for CR02

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'CR02'
    (Maxson Trailhead)

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

    1. CR02 is 8 standard boxes, at about 8100 feet, in the Courtright Reservoir region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, August 2005:
      Eight total boxes at the Maxson Trailhead on the east side of Courtright Reservoir. Two sets of two standard bear boxes in the car parking lot, downhill from the outhouse. One standard box high in the trailer parking lot and three more standard boxes at the lower end of the trailer parking lot.

    3. Find waypoint CR02 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (37.0825700, -118.9627600) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 325621.0, 4105635.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    4. Previous box is CR01: Cliff Lake Trailhead.

    5. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Courtright Reservoir 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.