Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for WC11XX

Updated 14 Nov 2007, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'WC11XX'
    (Upper Rae Lake)

    WARNING! "XX" in this waypoint name means the coordinates and elevation are approximate!
    Please contact Steve Eckert if you can help verify this box.

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

    1. WC11XX is a standard box, at about 10600 feet, in the Woods Creek, Northern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    2. Note: One of these boxes used to be at Upper Rae Lake, according to the rangers, but apparently has been moved.

    3. Directions from Peter Stephens (NPS), March 2006:
      Use of these lockers is only available to through hikers on the PCT and JMT. People who are starting or ending their trips in either Sequoia NP, Kings Canyon NP,or Inyo NF and passing through this area are required to carry portable food storage canisters and all food and scented items must fit into the canisters. The public [should not] be misled into counting on food storage locations that are not available to them. [Editor's Note: Peter attached the document 'Special Public Use Limits and Closures for 2006' which does not prohibit locker use by non-through-hikers, but does require carrying a canister.]

    4. Directions from Laura Civiello, Aug 2000:
      Two boxes together in a large open space on the east shore of Middle Rae Lake.

    5. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      Two boxes, one on the each east shore of the upper TWO Rae Lakes.

    6. Find waypoint WC11XX in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        APPROXIMATE  (lat,lon) = (36.8069900, -118.3994900) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  APPROXIMATE  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 375241.0, 4074178.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    7. Previous box is WC10XX: Middle Rae Lake.

    8. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Woods Creek, Northern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    9. View an online topo map at TopoZone.Com with WC11XX near the center and marked with a small red cross.

    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.