Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for LT01

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
CORRECTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED! contact Steve Eckert.

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Bear box 'LT01'
(Emerald Lake West)

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LT01 is a standard box, at about 9200 feet, in the Lodgepole to Tableland region.
Note: Either the 7.5 topo is off a bit, or the GPS coordinates are off a bit: When plotted on the map, this waypoint is on the west side of the stream, but in the field it was on the east side of the stream.
Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, July 2002:
As the trail from Lodgepole approaches Emerald Lake, there is a sign pointing you toward a 2-story rock-and-mortar solar toilet overlooking the outlet stream. Shortly after passing that structure, the trail crosses the outlet stream and comes to an informational sign showing numbered campsites and bear box locations. This isn't really wilderness! One box 20' to the right (west) of the sign, 10' south of the trail. The box is easily visible from the trail.
Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
Two boxes between the trail and the shore of Emerald Lake.

Find waypoint LT01 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
(NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)

  (lat,lon) = (36.5990700, -118.6769300) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 350061.0, 4051520.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.

Next box is LT02: Emerald Lake East.
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Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.