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Details for HS04

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'HS04'
    (Buck Creek)

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

    1. HS04 is a standard box, at about 7300 feet, in the High Sierra Trail region.

    2. Note: The trail has been re-routed several times due to washouts on the east bank of Buck Creek, and rockfall as you climb out the east side of the creek is still a serious risk. This box is on the more stable WEST side, quite a ways from the water. It is at the bottom of the switchbacks, on the uphill side of the trail, at the base of some granite slabs.

    3. Directions from Gary Craig, with GPS waypoint, August 2002:
      One standard box, on the southwest side of the trail, west of the Buck Creek crossing. There is an official park service 'food storage locker' sign right on the trail directing you to the box, which is about 50 feet off the trail.

    4. Directions from Mark Connell, June 2000:
      It is located just off the south side of the trail, west of the creek. The box is not mounted to anything which means the mounting holes on the bottom are open. Mice are able to fit through these holes (except for the fat one that was wedged in the hole and I had to pull out to set him free).

    5. Directions from Dan Braun, 1999:
      One box west of Buck Creek, where the trail drops steeply down into Buck Canyon.

    6. Find waypoint HS04 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.5722800, -118.6292500) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 354300.0, 4048465.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    7. Previous box is HS03: Ninemile Creek.

    8. Next box is HS05: Bearpaw Meadow West.

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

    10. 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.