Keep your precious Oreos secret and safe. However, hard-sided canisters are impenetrable. They’re perforation masters who delight in rendering an entire gallon of carrot cake Oreos no longer fit for consumption (and yes, I can hold a grudge). They don’t care that your backpack cost $250. Protection from smaller varmints: Marmots, mice, squirrels, and chipmunks all like people food as much as bears and they’ll chew through just about anything to get it.Bear canisters offer many other benefits to the responsible backpacker. It’s not all about protecting your food from bears and vice versa. Tango might not be a bear, but keeping him out of my food is important too. When we hike, we’re entering their domain. No, they’re designed to save the lives of bears. There is no sinister motive to push your base weight from three to 75 pounds. Understand that your plastic barrel was not invented to ruin your vacation. The first step to achieving a comfortable carry of a bear canister is to accept it. And remember, protecting your food and protecting bears’ lives is worth the effort. With just a touch of care and patience, packing a bear canister need not be a daily puzzle. And with such a wide variety of canisters and backpacks on the market, knowing what will fit in what is not a given.įortunately, there’s always a solution.
#Using bear with nvalt crack#
Heavy, unwieldy, and requiring better-than-average thumb dexterity, the same features that make these hard-sided cylinders a tough nut for bears to crack also make them a PITA to pack efficiently in a backpack. And a terrifying amount of the northern CDT passes through grizzly habitat. They’re required seasonally on the AT between Jarrard Gap and Neel Gap in Georgia, and there are plenty of reasons to carry them further.
There is no escaping them on the Sierra section of a PCT thru-hike.
If your next backcountry trip takes you into bear habitat, it may be necessary to pack a bear canister, the scourge of ultralight backpackers everywhere.
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