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Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for SC02

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'SC02'
    (Clover Creek North)

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

    1. SC02 is a standard box, at about 8400 feet, in the Silliman Crest region.

    2. Note: Clover Creek splits into a West and East fork just to the west of Cahoon Gap on the Twin Lakes / JO Pass / Silliman Pass Trail. The trail drops down to the East Fork of Clover Creek just north of Cahoon Gap, and the two Clover Creek bear boxes are about 0.2 miles apart on two branches of the East Fork.

    3. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, June 2002:
      The northern box is near the intersection where the trail from Cahoon Gap splits for Twin Lakes (Silliman Pass) or JO Pass. The box is about 30' southeast of the trail (opposite the stream which does not show on the topo map) and about 50' south of the sign at the trail junction. It is partially hidden behind freshly fallen large trees, but good campsites and fire rings abound in this area.

    4. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box at the junction of the Twin Lakes Trail and the JO Pass Trail.

    5. Find waypoint SC02 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.6532400, -118.7366200) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 344854.0, 4057615.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    6. Previous box is SC01: Clover Creek South.

    7. Next box is SC03: Twin Lakes West.

    8. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Silliman Crest 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.