Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for BA01
Generated on 25 Jun 2010, see revision history for update details.

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Bear box 'BA01'
(Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin)

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BA01 is a large box, at about 9500 feet, in the Big Arroyo region.
Directions from Gary Craig, with GPS waypoint, Aug 2002:
This is probably within 100 feet of the Big Arroyo / Little 5 Lakes trail junction and is obvious; the box is on the east side of the trail(s).
Directions from Michael Golden, Sep 2000:
There is a box right at the junction of the Lower Big Arroyo / Black Rock Pass (Little Five Lakes) trail south of the patrol cabin.
Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
On the east side of Big Arroyo Creek approcimately 100 feet southeast of the Kaweah Gap / Little Five Lakes / Lower Big Arroyo trail junction.

Find waypoint BA01 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
(NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)

  (lat,lon) = (36.5190200, -118.5337800) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 362748.0, 4042417.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.

Next box is BA02: Little Five Lakes.
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