Bear Resistant Bags

[isocyanate]

Maybe I misinterpreted the regulation, but I leave the bear container at camp with the bulk of my food in it and load a gallon ziplock with a days worth to carry with me, so I'm only toting the can in/out.

Figured as long as I was in possession of the food it didn't have to be in the canister. If not, I'm really not sure where the line is.

Guess this is moot if you are carrying camp every day.

This is the one I bought, works fine. I do like being able to just leave it on the ground as a matter of convenience.

https://www.amazon.com/NO-FED-BEAR-Bear-Resistant-Canister-UDAP/dp/B004BT5290

 

[jkilburg]

Maybe I misinterpreted the regulation, but I leave the bear container at camp with the bulk of my food in it and load a gallon ziplock with a days worth to carry with me, so I'm only toting the can in/out.

Figured as long as I was in possession of the food it didn't have to be in the canister. If not, I'm really not sure where the line is.

Guess this is moot if you are carrying camp every day.

This is the one I bought, works fine. I do like being able to just leave it on the ground as a matter of convenience.

https://www.amazon.com/NO-FED-BEAR-Bear-Resistant-Canister-UDAP/dp/B004BT5290

It is required to be in an approved container I thought at all times. However, I we won’t necessarily have a basecamp all the time to come back to.


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[jkilburg]

Ursak- largest ones. Black color so they hide well in the shade of the tree. Highly recommend a couple reflective marker tags so you can find the tree in the dark. They all look the same when you're exhausted, even when you're close to camp.

The big Ursaks are super handy when on multi day bivvy from basecamp. When we get to our bivvy camp location, we haul extra food up a tree and near our bivvy tents or hammocks. Saves a lot of weight in the backpacks.

Get yourself a urethane coated, thin, lightweight arborist's haul line, they are best because the slippery coating helps keep the line from snagging on the coarse branch bark of the evergreen/pine trees.


JL

Great info! I do have some of the urethane coated haul line already. Figured hanging would be much easier with it.


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[fatlander]

I’d pay the fine if it came to it. The goal is to reduce human conflict with bears. Hanging your food is going to accomplish the same end goal. I can’t imagine that you’re going to get stopped and checked for a bear approved canister once you leave the trailhead. If you do, explain your system for hanging food. No way in hell I’d lug that canister around through the woods.

Are you going to bone out meat and pack it piece by piece in that little canister? Didn’t think so.

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[TradLife406]

Ursack


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[jkilburg]

I’d pay the fine if it came to it. The goal is to reduce human conflict with bears. Hanging your food is going to accomplish the same end goal. I can’t imagine that you’re going to get stopped and checked for a bear approved canister once you leave the trailhead. If you do, explain your system for hanging food. No way in hell I’d lug that canister around through the woods.

Are you going to bone out meat and pack it piece by piece in that little canister? Didn’t think so.

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$5K is the fine. We all know that logic is the best approach it minimizing bear contact. However, I don’t want to spend $5K when I could get a sack that fits inside my pack.


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[punchparty]

The Ursack Major or Udap is going to be the way to go. The Ursack is all about how well you knot it up in the tree. Ive read and seen a lot of reports of the Bear Vault canisters not holding up to an actual beating from a bear, but should keep all the small critters out. Your mileage may vary. Ursack is the most easily packable and flexible in my opinion.