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Details for TC03

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'TC03'
    (Wallace Creek / John Muir Trail)

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

    1. TC03 is a standard box, at about 10400 feet, in the Tyndall and Crabtree Area region.

    2. Note: (from Jeffrey Zimmerman) The box at the Wallace Creek JMT crossing bears a disturbing note from the ranger, to the effect that if trash continues to be left in the box it will be removed in 2008. Of course, neither process is appropriate, either the trash (c'mon people, we can do better!) or the box removal (what would be Interior's substitute? hiring more rangers to enforce bear cans?). The Crabtree ranger seemed quite confident the boxes were staying, but it is certainly easy to understand the frustrations of a ranger whose training and experience gets reduced to trash hauling.

    3. Directions from Michael Golden, Sep 2000:
      The box is right on the trail, near some established camp sites.

    4. Directions from Kit Groves, with GPS waypoint, July 2000:
      One box west of the John Muir Trail and about 100 feet south of Wallace Creek crossing.

    5. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box west of the John Muir Trail and about 100 feet south of the creek.

    6. Find waypoint TC03 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.5937700, -118.3707500) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 377467.0, 4050487.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    7. Previous box is TC02: Tyndall Frog Ponds.

    8. Next box is TC04: Crabtree Ranger Station.

    9. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Tyndall and Crabtree Area region.

    10. 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.