My experience is that Divide Riders are pretty savvy with the proper way to camp in bear country. Divide Riders are the type who do their homework. Hang your food, don't eat in or near your tent, wear your bear spray on your person, and be bear aware. I rode with Anne Paulson on the Canada section for a week. She is right. Spectacular! I live just a few miles from the Tetons so I am very familiar with bears.
On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 9:46:30 AM UTC-6, Mark Reimer wrote: > > Thanks Deacon. I haven't done a huge amount of back country camping in > grizzly territory before. Probably around 20 nights in proper griz > territory, and almost always within a group. It's not certain yet if I will > be doing this tour with a couple friends or entirely solo yet. Most likely > with a group, but until they book their flights I've gotta assume I'm > flying alone. Doing this solo doesn't give me any cause for concern with > the exception of dealing with bears, so I welcome any and all advice on > that topic. I've already started to learn some classic sailor shanties to > belt out along the trail, and of course have my bear spray hanging off my > belt :) > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Deacon Patrick <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I've no idea what most Divide riders do. My experience and rule of thumb >> is the more humans have stupidly conditioned smart bears to turn to >> people/campsites for food, the greater the need for a bear bag. In the >> areas I go there is little training, but on a defined route, that risk >> rises. Keeping a generally clean camp and following common sense rules goes >> a long way toward protecting you. Ultimately, however, its a bag that's >> under $100 that protects you and the bears and isn't a big deal. Some >> places require a bear proof container, though I do not believe there are >> any on the GDMTBT. >> >> -- Cook, eat, etc away from your camp. >> -- Clean up your eating area. >> -- Store food overnight away from your tent, if possible hanging from a >> tree, but this is VERY hard to do many places. Usually it's a lot of extra >> work to accomplish very little (starters: good luck finding a tree branch >> like in the diagram. They only exist on one in 10,000 trees, and never >> where I am). >> >> By controlling scents and access, I've never had an issue with a bear, >> and that includes multiple overnights in Death Canyon in the Grand Tetons, >> so named because of Grizzly bear attacks (where we saw multiple bears from >> a mile off on every trip). >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 7:43:56 AM UTC-6, Steven Sweedler wrote: >>> >>> Do most Divide riders use these bear proof options or is a stuff sack >>> hanging in a tree sufficient Steve >>> >>> On Thursday, March 24, 2016, Deacon Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Chris, >>>> Pick a section and go for it! You'll do just fine. >>>> >>>> Mark, >>>> The lightest, bear proof option out there (at least when I bought mine): >>>> http://www.ursack.com >>>> >>>> With abandon, >>>> Patrick >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 10:56:29 PM UTC-6, Anne Paulson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Definitely take the route that goes past Corbin; it's spectacular. Be >>>>> ready for some walking. Have a good way to secure your food from >>>>> grizzly bears. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Mark Reimer <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > I have no idea hahaha!! You've ridden the divide haven't you? What >>>>> would you suggest? >>>>> > >>>>> >> On Mar 23, 2016, at 10:25 PM, Anne Paulson <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >> >>>>> >> When you arrive in Sparwood, BC, will you be heading on to Fernie, >>>>> or >>>>> >> will you start up the Crowsnest Pass and up past Corbin? >>>>> >> >>>>> >>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Mark Reimer <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>> Resurrecting this old-ish thread just to share the news that I've >>>>> booked my >>>>> >>> flights and will be riding the Atlantis, or should I say >>>>> Fatlantis, from >>>>> >>> Jasper to Missoula from July 6-17. Locals tell me there is much >>>>> more >>>>> >>> snowpack than is typical this year, so I'm hoping by early July >>>>> that will >>>>> >>> have melted down a bit. That said, I am certainly no stranger to >>>>> pushing my >>>>> >>> Atlantis through deep snow for hours on end... >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Now on to the fun part, planning the trip details! >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>> On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 3:51:18 PM UTC-6, Mojo wrote: >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> Thanks Anne. I am used to Chupas and like them a lot. >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> -- >>>>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups >>>>> >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>> send an >>>>> >>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> >>>>> >>> Visit this group at >>>>> https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> -- >>>>> >> -- Anne Paulson >>>>> >> >>>>> >> It isn't a contest. 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