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Details for HP05XX

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'HP05XX'
    (Hidden Camp / Sand Meadow)

    WARNING! "XX" in this waypoint name means the coordinates and elevation are approximate!
    Please contact Steve Eckert if you can help verify this box.

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

    1. HP05XX is an unknown type, may not exist, at about 8500 feet, in the Hockett Plateau region.

    2. Note: This box may not exist! Waypoint is a complete guess!

    3. Directions from Steve Eckert, June 2001:
      No location description was available from rangers. I was unable to locate any developed camp or bear box in this area, so 'Hidden Camp' may in fact be somewhere else, or it may have been removed. I walked the trail toward Touhy Creek, toward Hockett Lakes, and I went cross country down Sandy Mdw and across between the two trails. There are plenty of fine campsites in big trees between wet meadows, just no bear boxes or developed campsites that I could see.

    4. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box on the north side of the river and about one fifth of a mile south and west of the southern end of Sand Meadow.

    5. Find waypoint HP05XX in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        APPROXIMATE  (lat,lon) = (36.3517100, -118.6529600) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  APPROXIMATE  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 351761.0, 4024031.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    6. Previous box is HP04XX: Upper Camp - may not be near here.

    7. Next box is HP06: South Fork Meadow.

    8. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Hockett Plateau region.

    9. 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.