Bear Box at Lower Vidette Meadow (BC06)

Generated on 2 Aug 2022 - see revision history - please send updates to the webmaster

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west Prev box is BC05: Junction Meadow East Creek.
east Next box is BC07: Middle Vidette Meadow.
info GPS Waypoints in Region BC: download GPX file.

Detail Map of waypoint BC06 in Bubbs Creek Southern Rae Lakes Loop:
(scroll down for directions, waypoints, and area map)

  1. BC06 is a standard box, at about 9500 feet, in the GPS route BUBBS CREEK.

  2. Directions from Scott Sullivan, with GPS waypoint, Aug 2000:
    From the intersection of the John Muir Trail and the [Bubbs Creek] trail from Road's End/Junction Meadow, go WEST just over a tenth of a mile on the trail toward Junction Meadow, the bear box is 20 feet south of the trail at the west end of the meadow in a very established camp area.

  3. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
    One box north of the trail in Lower Vidette.

  4. BC06 coordinates: (see GPX waypoint download links above)
      (lat,lon) = (36.7591200, -118.4137900) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
      (zone,east,north) = (11S, 373884.0, 4068888.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.

  5. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Bubbs Creek Southern Rae Lakes Loop region.


Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.


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