National Park Service DO NOT count on foodstorage boxes being available; they may be full or may have been removed due to breakage or disuse. Containers are by far the preferred method of food storage throughout the wilderness of these parks. Where boxes are not available, you must carry a portable animal-resistant container or hang your food properly. Know that hanging your food does not guarantee that a bear will not obtain it. Bears will climb and chew through branches in order to get at a hung bag of food. Many trailhead parking areas have food storage boxes. Select the area you wish to visit (generally listed from north to south): CANISTERS REQUIRED, FOOD-STORAGE LOCKERS FOR PCT & JMT THRU-HIKERS
Woods Creek crossing/John Muir Trail (2) Upper Paradise Valley Middle Paradise Valley Lower Paradise Valley Arrowhead Lake Middle Rae Lake (2) Lower Tent Meadow/Copper Creek Trail
CANISTERS REQUIRED, FOOD-STORAGE LOCKERS FOR PCT & JMT THRU-HIKERS
CANISTERS REQUIRED, FOOD-STORAGE LOCKERS FOR PCT & JMT THRU-HIKERS
Sphinx Creek Charlotte Creek Lower Junction Meadow Junction Meadow (East Creek) Vidette Meadow (2) John Muir Trail/Center Basin Trail East Lake Roaring River Ranger Station (2)
Sugarloaf Meadow Seville Lake Lost Lake Ranger Lake Tyndall Creek/John Muir Trail
Tyndall Creek Frog Ponds Wallace Creek/John Muir Trail Crabtree Ranger Station PCT/Lower Crabtree Meadow Twin Lakes
JO Pass Trail/Twin Lakes Trail junction Mehrten Creek crossing/High Sierra Trail 9 Mile Creek Crossing/High Sierra Trail Buck Creek Crossing/High Sierra Trail Bearpaw (2) Upper Hamilton Lake (2) CANISTERS REQUIRED, FOOD-STORAGE LOCKERS FOR PCT THRU-HIKERS
Lower Rock Creek crossing/Pacific Crest Trail Lower Rock Creek Lake Lower Soldier Lake (Upper Rock Creek Lake) Cliff Creek/Timber Gap Trail Junction
Pinto Lake Little Five Lakes Lost Canyon/Big Five Junction Big Arroyo crossing Moraine Lake Junction Meadow
Kern Hot Springs Upper Funston Meadow Lower Funston Meadow Lower Monarch Lake
Franklin Lake Hockett Meadow
South Fork Meadow/Rock Camp Upper Camp/South Fork Pasture Hidden Camp |
Last updated: April 25, 2022