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Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for HS01

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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For bear box data, including maps and location instructions, you can jump to:
  • the main Bear Box Page or a clickable Bear Boxes Map
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    Bear box 'HS01'
    (Crescent Meadow)

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

    1. HS01 is 3 standard boxes, at about 6700 feet, in the High Sierra Trail region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, July 2000:
      Three boxes (unfortunately close to the toilet building) near the High Sierra Trail sign.

    3. Find waypoint HS01 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.5548700, -118.7489400) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 343557.0, 4046720.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    4. Next box is HS02: Mehrten Creek.

    5. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire High Sierra Trail 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.