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Details for KA03

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'KA03'
    (Main Kearsarge Lake)

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

    1. KA03 is a standard box, at about 10900 feet, in the Kearsarge Area, Eastern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    2. Note: The Main Kearsarge Lake is the lake where two drainages meet, the only lake with two inlets. A small cliff/waterfall goes down from this lake to the lower lake, easily bypassed on the north side.

    3. Directions from Gary Craig, with GPS waypoint, July 2002:
      One standard box on the promontory that extends into the 'main' Kearsarge Lake from the NE, about 30 feet above the waterline. I believe this box has been moved recently. It was in the location described by Eckert when I was previously there.

    4. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Aug 2000:
      OBSOLETE: One regular box just 20 feet from the northeast shore of the eastern lobe of the main Kearsarge Lake.

    5. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box on the north side of the main Kearsarge Lake.

    6. Find waypoint KA03 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.7655600, -118.3889800) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 376110.0, 4069570.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    7. Previous box is KA02: Lower Kearsarge Lake.

    8. Next box is KA04: Upper Kearsarge Lake #1.

    9. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Kearsarge Area, Eastern Rae Lakes Loop 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.