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Details for HP08

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'HP08'
    (Rock Camp SE)

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

    1. HP08 is a standard box, at about 8600 feet, in the Hockett Plateau region.

    2. Note: Southeast and Northwest Rock Camp boxes are about 100 yards apart. Between them the trail goes over a log-and-plank footbridge. Waypoints are hard to get here due to the tall trees.

    3. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, June 2001:
      One box just inside the tree line where the southeast branch of a meadow (with a stream) meets a larger open space that defines the main meadow here. Neither the good-sized campsite nor the box is at all visible from the trail! Find Rock Camp's southern bear box by looking for glimpses of meadow to the west as you walk north along the trail: Soon after the meadow appears, but before you cross the footbridge, you should seem some use trails head over to the campsite. Boulders also become prominent as you approach from the south, and the campsite is hidden from the trail by these rocks.

    4. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      Two boxes, one at each of TWO camps between the trail and the meadow about one fourth of a mile north of Hunter Creek.

    5. Find waypoint HP08 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.3419400, -118.6395200) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 352948.0, 4022927.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    6. Previous box is HP07: Rock Camp NW.

    7. Next box is HP09: Hidden Falls Campground.

    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.