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Details for SC03

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'SC03'
    (Twin Lakes West)

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

    1. SC03 is a standard box, at about 9400 feet, in the Silliman Crest region.

    2. Note: These are NOT the Twin Lakes between Maggie and Sheep Mtns, these are the Twin Lakes by Mt Silliman! As you approach Twin Lakes from Silliman Pass or Lodgepole / JO Pass, there are signs with small and incorrect maps of where the two bear boxes are. Unless the sign maps improve, don't trust them! The old text descriptions from the rangers is also useless. Both boxes are right beside the trail, both boxes are BETWEEN the two lakes, and the two boxes are only about 0.1 miles apart.

    3. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, June 2002:
      The western box is about halfway between the westernmost tips of the two lakes, 30' north of the trail. Leave the trail right at the metal 'toilet' sign which points north, which is just west of where the trail crosses the outlet stream from the smaller/higher/northern lake. (There is an outlet stream, at least in June, even though the topo maps don't show it.)

    4. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      Two boxes at Twin Lakes (no description of where).

    5. Find waypoint SC03 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.6583900, -118.7168000) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 346636.0, 4058154.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    6. Previous box is SC02: Clover Creek North.

    7. Next box is SC04: Twin Lakes East.

    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.