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Details for WC01

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'WC01'
    (Lower Paradise West)

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

    1. WC01 is a standard box, at about 6600 feet, in the Woods Creek, Northern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    2. Note: You'll be lucky to get a good GPS fix here, due to the narrow canyon and tall trees. There is a campground info sign as you enter Lower Paradise from the south (none from the north) - both boxes are north of that sign and well south of the stream coming in from the west.

    3. Directions from Peter Stephens (NPS), March 2006:
      Use of these lockers is only available to through hikers on the PCT and JMT. People who are starting or ending their trips in either Sequoia NP, Kings Canyon NP,or Inyo NF and passing through this area are required to carry portable food storage canisters and all food and scented items must fit into the canisters. The public [should not] be misled into counting on food storage locations that are not available to them. [Editor's Note: Peter attached the document 'Special Public Use Limits and Closures for 2006' which does not prohibit locker use by non-through-hikers, but does require carrying a canister.]

    4. Directions from Steve Eckert, Aug 2007:
      WARNING: Hinges were ripped out of the box as of 2004, still not fixed as of 2007! One box about 20 feet uphill (west) from the trail and about 30 yards upcanyon (north) from the campground sign, south of the pit toilet sign. This box is between two large fallen logs that have been cut to let the trail through. A second box is in the same campground.

    5. Directions from Scott Carpenter, with GPS waypoint, Nov 1999:
      One box south of the first side stream crossing, roughly 1.5 miles north of Mist Falls, and UPHILL from the trail on the west side of the South Fork Kings River.

    6. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box ABOVE the trail, in Lower Paradise.

    7. Find waypoint WC01 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.8337300, -118.5431600) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 362472.8, 4077340.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    8. Next box is WC02: Lower Paradise East.

    9. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Woods Creek, Northern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    10. 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.