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Details for RR03

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'RR03'
    (Roaring River South)

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

    1. RR03 is a huge custom box with sliding lid, at about 7500 feet, in the Roaring River region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Aug 2003:
      One box at the end of a use trail south of the Roaring River Ranger Station and 30 yards west of Roaring River itself. Perhaps 50 yards up-canyon from the Ranger Station there is a junction marked 'Deadman Canyon' to the right, with a use trail to the left. Follow the use trail to a vague but large campsite with a coffin-style metal box (the lid slides aside and you set your food into it). This box is about a tenth of a mile southeast from the ranger station, and there is a significant hump between it and the Deadman Canyon trail.

    3. Directions from Ranger Catie at the Roaring River Ranger Station, Aug 1999:
      One box about a quarter of a mile upstream from the ranger station along the Roaring River (not on the Deadman Pass trail).

    4. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One big box 200 yards south of Lackey Cabin on the west side of the river.

    5. Find waypoint RR03 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.7110500, -118.5843000) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 358578.0, 4063791.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    6. Previous box is RR02: Roaring River Ranger Station.

    7. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Roaring River region.

    8. 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.