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Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for TC04
Generated on 25 Jun 2010, see revision history for update details.

CORRECTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED! contact Steve Eckert.
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    Bear box 'TC04'
    (Crabtree Ranger Station)

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

    1. TC04 is a large box, at about 10700 feet, in the Tyndall and Crabtree Area region.

    2. Note: Descriptions of this box vary! This the one at the Crabtree Ranger Station, a mile north of Lower Crabtree Meadow where Whitney Creek and Crabtree Creek join.

    3. Directions from Michael Golden, Sep 2000:
      There's a box just on the south/east side of Whitney creek. There's a trail junction on the JMT that points to Lower Crabtree Meadow and the Crabtree Ranger Station. Follow that trail through an established campsite and across Whitney Creek. The box is next to the creek, at the trail junction for the trail that leads northeast to the ranger station and southeast to lower crabtree meadow.

    4. Directions from Kit Groves, with GPS waypoint, July 2000:
      One box at the trail junction 100 yards southwest of the Crabtree Ranger Station.

    5. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box at the Crabtree Ranger Station.

    6. Find waypoint TC04 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.5639200, -118.3493500) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 379335.0, 4047149.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    7. Previous box is TC03: Wallace Creek / John Muir Trail.

    8. Next box is TC05: Lower Crabtree Meadow.

    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.