Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for RS01

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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Bear box 'RS01'
(Lower Rock Ck / Pacific Crest Tr)

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

RS01 is a standard box, at about 9600 feet, in the Rock Creek South region.
Note: This is 'Rock Creek South', by New Army Pass. See also 'Rock Creek North', by Hilton Lakes and Little Lakes Valley.
This is the same Rock Creek that joins the Kern River near Kern Hot Springs, but there is no trail down Rock Creek.
Directions from Scott Sullivan, with GPS waypoint, Sep 2001:
One box on the south side of Rock Creek and on the west side of the trail, perhaps 50 yards south from where the trail crosses Rock Creek. The bear box is about 10 feet from the trail and clearly visible.
Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
One box about 50 feet southwest of the Pacific Crest Trail on the south side of the Lower Rock Creek crossing.

Find waypoint RS01 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
(NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)

  (lat,lon) = (36.4967800, -118.3342200) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 380585.0, 4039682.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.

Next box is RS02: Rock Creek Lake.
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Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.