Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for HS11

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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Bear box 'HS11'
(Upper Hamilton Lake #3)

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HS11 is a large box, at about 8200 feet, in the High Sierra Trail region.
Note: There are three standard boxes near the outlet of Lake 8235: two are immediately obvious from the trail, one is a bit obscure. All three are southwest of where the trail crosses the outlet stream.
Directions from Gary Craig, with GPS waypoint, August 2002:
This is the northern box, obvious from the trail. There is a map on the signboard that one sees upon entering the camping area showing the 'official' camp spots, the boxes, and the outhouse. But I found the map rather confusing.
Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
Three boxes in the main camp area at the west end of Hamilton Lake.

Find waypoint HS11 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
(NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)

  (lat,lon) = (36.5639900, -118.5788100) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 358798.0, 4047471.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.

Previous box is HS10: Upper Hamilton Lake #2.
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Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.