Bear aware - How far do you go?

I use a bear canister, so no hang required. Put all smellables inside the canister and place it a ways off from my tent. If in Griz country, I use the triangle method. Camp, kitchen where I cooked and ate, and my canister stash at the 3 points of the triangle. I hang the clothes I cooked and ate in, from a low branch in the kitchen area, allowing any critter to check them out, but I'm not in them. If I use a flavored drink, that goes into a separate drink container and is left in the canister or the kitchen area. Water bottles are the only thing brought into the tent. I make sure to check my pockets thoroughly, as candy wrappers are too easy to forget about and I end up bringing them into the tent. Not a good thing.

I usually end up digging my cat hole for morning use, the night before, and some place within sight of the canister storage. That way I can grab the TP on my way in the morning. After years of doing things this way, I'm kind of set in them.

We carry spray & use canisters to store our food.  I'll add, we try and wedge the canister into something, so much noise will be created if disturbed.  It has never been moved.  You have more danger to food from rodents of all kinds, and we have only taken out our spray once, but never used it, in Denali.

I was aware that canisters are not required and was prepared to hang all my food and smellables. I have odor tight bags and am planning to hang from the bear poles. Glacier does a really good job setting up their campsites before use, as well as clearing the trail and rebuilding bridges.  

Trying to figure out if my pack and all it’s contents need to hang?  If it’s just the clothes I cooked and ate in (the same clothes I would have been in all day), I may use my dry sack my sleeping bag is in to hang them. Then my pack, few remaining clothing items, boots, water and filter, and bear spray come to tent/vestibule.  Sound about right?

Yes, thanks. I’m excited about the trip. This will be my third visit to GNP, but first time staying in the backcountry. I’ve got a friend and his son planning to join me (if they can secure a walk up permit) and he’ll look to me for guidelines on what to do. Cleaning out all wrappers and tucked away energy bars will be key. I stuff trail mix and cliff bars in my packs waist belt pouch. That’s something likely to be overlooked!  Thanks again for that reminder. 

I've personally never hung clothes. Furthermore, I have never backpacked with anyone who does, and I spend a fair amount of time in brown bear country (Tetons, Yellowstone, Glacier, Denali to name a few) every year.

I put my rain cover over my pack and set it under the vestibule at night because my tent is too small for both me and my pack. In the tent I have my bear spray, boots and my headlamp. Backpack covered is under my vestibule. Food, garbage, toothpaste and brush, deodorant, cook pot / silverware that I've used, camp towel, all go in the bag I hang.