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Details for MK07

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'MK07'
    (Monarch Lake #1)

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

    1. MK07 is a standard box, at about 10400 feet, in the Mineral King Area region.

    2. Note: The boxes and the toilet are north of the Lower Monarch Lake outlet, less than 100' elevation above the lake in the large sandy boulder field, in spite of where the old ranger text locates them.

    3. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Sep 1999:
      Two boxes, one on each side of the pit toilet, in sight of each other about 50 yards apart.

    4. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box is approximately 100 yards northeast of the Lower Monarch Lake outlet and near some rock bluffs approximately 250 yards west of the lake. Another box is east of the trail and 50 yards northeast of the outhouse, out of sight and behind a large boulder.

    5. Find waypoint MK07 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.4539242, -118.5665668) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 359697.0, 4035241.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    6. Previous box is MK06: Pinto Lake.

    7. Next box is MK08: Monarch Lake #2.

    8. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Mineral King Area region.

    9. 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.