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Bear Canister

Featured - Desolation Wilderness Bear Can No Text

July 14, 2022

New Bear Canister Regulations in Desolation Wilderness

The Forest Service has introduced new food storage regulations in Desolation Wilderness requiring overnight users to now carry "a canister designed to prevent access by bears." Simply put, bear canisters are now required in Desolation Wilderness. This impacts everyone recreating in Desolation

California,  Gear,  Pacific Crest Trail,  Tahoe Rim Trail Bear Canister,  Hiker Problems,  PCT Gear,  TRT Gear

Featured - New BearVaults No Text

July 13, 2022

UPDATED: Two New BearVault Bear Canisters!

Bear canisters are an essential piece of backcountry equipment for anyone traveling into bear country (or even anywhere in the backcountry there are animals). Not much has changed recently in the bear canister and food-protection space, but BearVault has just released two new products, the BV425

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Hiking the PCT Without a Bear Canister

July 19, 2021

How to Hike the PCT Without a Bear Canister

On a recent trip to Sequoia National Park, I noticed a paper taped to the wall at the backcountry permit office. Specifically, this piece of paper. I asked the ranger, "I was under the impression you were required to have a bear canister everywhere in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, but

Pacific Crest Trail Bear Canister,  Bears,  How To,  PCT Gear

Pacific Crest Trail Bear Canister Requirements

July 12, 2021

Pacific Crest Trail Bear Canister Requirements

If there's one piece of gear that causes Pacific Crest Trail hikers the most headaches, it's the bear canister. Most northbound PCT thru-hikers pick up their bear canisters at Kennedy Meadows and then ditch them at either Sonora Pass (Kennedy Meadows North/Bridgeport) or Echo Summit (South Lake

Pacific Crest Trail Bear Canister,  PCT Gear,  PCT Sierra

Best PCT Bear Canisters

September 19, 2020

The Best Bear Canisters for the Pacific Crest Trail

The bear canister: an essential piece of Pacific Crest Trail equipment that reminds thru-hikers of what they're truly afraid of out in the wilderness - being torn to pieces by a ravenous bear in the middle of their night (but we all there know there are some scarier things than bears out there). If

Pacific Crest Trail Bear Canister,  PCT Gear,  PCT Planning

BearVault-BV450-Review

July 2, 2020

BearVault BV450 Bear Resistant Food Canister Review

The BearVault BV450 is a polycarbonate (plastic), 7.2-liter, bear-resistant food canister (i.e. a bear canister or bear can) weighing 33 oz / 936 kg. It's approved for use to ward off both black bears and grizzly bears, and it is approved for use (mostly) everywhere you are required to have a bear

Pacific Crest Trail,  Review Bear Canister,  BearVault,  PCT Gear

BV500 Featured Image

June 25, 2020

BearVault BV500 Bear Resistant Food Canister Review

The BearVault BV500 is a polycarbonate (plastic), 11.5-liter, bear-resistant food canister (i.e. a bear canister or bear can) weighing 2 lbs 9 oz / 1.162 kg. It's approved for use to ward off both black bears and grizzly bears, and it is approved for use everywhere you are required to have a bear

Pacific Crest Trail,  Review Bear Canister,  BearVault,  PCT Gear

Bear-Canister-Featured

February 15, 2016

Bear Canister Tips and Strategies

For those unfamiliar with the concept, a bear canister is a bear-proof container used for storing food (and basically anything with a smell/fragrance) in the backcountry. What's that? Bear-proof, but not human proof? Yes, because although they could literally (and effortlessly) tear us to pieces,

Gear,  Pacific Crest Trail Bear Canister,  PCT Gear

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