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Details for YV04

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'YV04'
    (Little Yosemite Valley)

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

    1. YV04 is 6+ standard boxes, at about 6100 feet, in the Yosemite Valley and Merced River region.

    2. Note: The Little Yosemite Backpacker Campground is just upcanyon (northeast) from the trail junction marked 'Half Dome' or 'Merced Lake' - which is less than a tenth of a mile west of where Sunrise Creek joins the Merced River. The map shows several trail junctions, but you'll know you're at the correct one when you see a brick outhouse to the north. Between the junction and the outhouse, go east to find various campsites in the trees.

    3. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Sep 2002:
      The provided GPS waypoint is for the westernmost (downcanyon) of the boxes which are spread out among the campsites and are in trees too thick to get a good GPS waypoint. The westernmost box is roughly 100 yards toward the Merced River from the brick outhouse.

    4. Directions from Mark Connell, June 2000:
      There are at least half a dozen standard bear boxes at Little Yosemite. They were all pretty full when I was there last fall, with several people walking around trying to find space in boxes.

    5. Directions from Kalon Kelley, Sep 1999:
      There are some bearboxes in the backpackers campground at Little Yosemite Valley.

    6. Find waypoint YV04 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (37.7324200, -119.5152000) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 278433.0, 4178906.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    7. Previous box is YV03: Curry Area Backpacker Parking.

    8. Next box is YV05: Merced Lake.

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