Bear Box at Lower Paradise East (WC02)
Generated on 2 Aug 2022 - see revision history - please send updates to the webmaster
Detail Map of waypoint WC02
in Woods Creek Northern Rae Lakes Loop:
(scroll down for directions, waypoints, and area map)
- WC02 is a standard box, at about 6600 feet,
in the GPS route WOODS CREEK.
- 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.
- 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.]
- Directions from Steve Eckert, July 2004:
Immediately north of the pit toilet sign, a use trail
drops about 50 yards (northeast) toward the river, leading
to one box halfway between the trail and the river.
A second box is in the same campground.
- 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 DOWNHILL from the trail
on the west side of the South Fork Kings River.
- Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
One box BELOW the trail in Lower Paradise.
- WC02 coordinates: (see GPX waypoint download links above)
(lat,lon) = (36.8349500, -118.5411400) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
(zone,east,north) = (11S, 362655.0, 4077474.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
- Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Woods Creek Northern Rae Lakes Loop region.
Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.
Useful Links:
Go to the main Bear Box Page
or a clickable Bear Boxes Map
or a complete list of 150 Bear Boxes
Prev box is WC01:
Lower Paradise West.
Next box is WC03:
Middle Paradise.
GPS Waypoints in Region WC: download GPX file.
