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Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for YV03

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'YV03'
    (Curry Area Backpacker Parking)

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

    1. YV03 is 20 large plus 5 standard boxes, at about 4000 feet, in the Yosemite Valley and Merced River region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, March 2001:
      Public car use boxes at the backpacker's overnight parking lot. From Curry Village, go east and south past the tent cabins toward Happy Isles. Where the road is closed, turn right into a dirt parking area with 20 large and 5 standard bear boxes lined up on the north side of the parking lot.

    3. Find waypoint YV03 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (37.7355400, -119.5658700) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 273980.0, 4179374.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    4. Previous box is YV02: Curry Village.

    5. Next box is YV04: Little Yosemite Valley.

    6. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Yosemite Valley and Merced River region.

    7. 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.