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Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for HS03
Generated on 15 Mar 2009, see revision history for update details.

CORRECTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED! contact Steve Eckert.
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    Bear box 'HS03'
    (Ninemile Creek)

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

    1. HS03 is a standard box, at about 7500 feet, in the High Sierra Trail region.

    2. Note: This Ninemile Creek (or 9 Mile Creek or Nine Mile Creek) is NOT the one by Jordan Hot Springs! It is not labelled on the USGS maps. Nine Mile Creek crosses the High Sierra Trail about 1 mile west of Buck Creek and just over a mile north of Sugarbowl Dome (NOT the stream that goes past Little Blue Dome). The name is apparently based on distance from Crescent Meadow and Wolverton, each of which are approximately 9 miles from the stream crossing by trail.

    3. Directions from Steve Eckert, with revised GPS waypoint, Oct 2002:
      A use trail splits from the main trail just west of the western fork of Nine Mile Creek, leading slightly downhill to great campsites in the trees. There is a sign warning that a bear injured a hiker here, and I saw a two of bear cubs (sans mama) in the area. The box is visible 10 yards downslope from the main trail, and about 50 yards on trail west of the creek (20 yards directly west of the water), above the best campsites and over a rise from the creek.

    4. Directions from Paul Buehler, with GPS waypoint, April 2001:
      One box just west of 'Nine-Mile Creek' on the south side of the trail. There are actually two forks which confluence south of the trail. The box is located just to the west of the WEST fork.

    5. Directions from Mark Connell, June 2000:
      One box on the south side of the trail, west of the creek. It is located about 50' from the trail (if I remember right), at the west edge of the camping area. You won't miss the camp sites hiking through there (I noticed them in the dark).

    6. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box by the trail on the west side of Ninemile Creek.

    7. Find waypoint HS03 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.5711100, -118.6450000) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 352888.0, 4048360.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    8. Previous box is HS02: Mehrten Creek.

    9. Next box is HS04: Buck Creek.

    10. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire High Sierra Trail region.

    11. 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.