Yosemite's closed an area to overnight camping due to a bear
Sept 15, 2015 8:52:41 GMT -8
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 15, 2015 8:52:41 GMT -8
Crap. the NPS has closed the campsite off the Snow Creek trail due to a bear that has figured out she can roll a canister off a four hundred foot cliff and have gravity plus rocks smash it open for her. She's been doing this for over two years and the park got nervous. She's GPS'd so they are now tracking her.
The concern I expect is she sees the camps as a source for food regardless of the presence of a canister, which instead is an attractant for her and that that's risking too many close bear-visitor encounters.
This is a special circumstance, cliff proximity etc. but I sure hope they don't go down the Great Smoky Mountain path of scattering camping closures all over the park.
"...Current Closures
Current trail closures are listed on the current conditions page.
Due to increasing bear activity along the Snow Creek trail and the potential for bear/human interactions the area to the south and east of the footbridge [3.3 MB pdf] will be closed to overnight camping. The National Park Service will continue to monitor the bears' activity and will re-open the area to camping as soon as possible. The trails and areas are open to day hiking...."
www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/wildcond.htm
The concern I expect is she sees the camps as a source for food regardless of the presence of a canister, which instead is an attractant for her and that that's risking too many close bear-visitor encounters.
This is a special circumstance, cliff proximity etc. but I sure hope they don't go down the Great Smoky Mountain path of scattering camping closures all over the park.
"...Current Closures
Current trail closures are listed on the current conditions page.
Due to increasing bear activity along the Snow Creek trail and the potential for bear/human interactions the area to the south and east of the footbridge [3.3 MB pdf] will be closed to overnight camping. The National Park Service will continue to monitor the bears' activity and will re-open the area to camping as soon as possible. The trails and areas are open to day hiking...."
www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/wildcond.htm
