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Details for MK03

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'MK03'
    (Mineral King Ranger Station)

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

    1. MK03 is 3 large boxes, at about 7500 feet, in the Mineral King Area region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, June 2008:
      Across the road (south) from the ranger station (just east of the Cold Springs campground) is a small wooden storage building in which you could formerly store trailhead food. There are now steel bear boxes near this building. This ranger station, and most trailhead parking lots in the area, have pay phones, so you can call for repair after the marmots eat your car.

    3. Find waypoint MK03 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.4523200, -118.6111300) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 355701.0, 4035129.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    4. Previous box is MK02: Hocket Meadow Trailhead.

    5. Next box is MK04: Sawtooth Pass Trailhead.

    6. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Mineral King Area region.

    7. 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.