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Details for TC05

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'TC05'
    (Lower Crabtree Meadow)

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

    1. TC05 is a standard box, at about 10700 feet, in the Tyndall and Crabtree Area region.

    2. Note: Descriptions of this box vary! This one is a mile south of the Crabtree Ranger Station, at the trail junction in Crabtree Meadow, just west from where Whitney Creek and Crabtree Creek join.

    3. Directions from Scott Sullivan, with GPS waypoint, Sep 2001:
      One box on the west side of the trail and the south side of the creek, perhaps 15 feet from the trail, in plain sight.

    4. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box about 100 yards southeast of the John Muir Trail.

    5. Find waypoint TC05 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.5519900, -118.3585100) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 378496.0, 4045837.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    6. Previous box is TC04: Crabtree Ranger Station.

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

    8. 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.