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[Aaron]

Backcountry Office Manager, Barry Sweet talks about the required use of bear canisters in Rocky Mountain National Park.

http://rmnpodcast.com/?p=102

It's available on iTunes for download (search/subscribe to RMNPodcast), and available for listening and download via rmnpodcast.com

Enjoy and discuss here or at rmnpodcast.com

--Aaron

[jflo]

Sweet! Thanks Aaron!

[Igloo Ed]

Good one Aaron, thanks a lot. To my question of what canister will be still approved tomorrow... It sounds like it's on a one park at a time basis. If the bears in Rocky Mountain National Park figure out how to open a certain canister, then we will see the park change it's stance on which canisters are approved.

[Aaron]

Yeah, that's the impression I'm getting, i.e. each park setting its own 'standards' regarding what's acceptable. I think the one I'm liking is the Bear Keg....haven't bought one yet, but that's the one I'm leaning towards.

Err, I'll have to keep investigating....

http://www.flickr.co...berg/472116159/

I know that's a grizzly, but maybe I'll keep looking in case it wasn't stregth that helped the griz get into it.

--Aaron

[COmtFishing]

this is the one I use, its not light but it works and fits in the pack.

[BammBamm]

Call me crazy, but I'm almost convinced Black Bear called dibs on RMNP long before we did; let's make sure there's room out there for all of us.

Honestly? I'd never heard of a "bear canister" until very recently. Back in the day (circa 1980), I believe standard protocol was at least fifteen feet high, and no less than ten feet between the goodies and either tree. I'm impressed and maybe a little alarmed to learn how well they've come to adapt to and predict man's apparently haphazard sloppy backcountry habits.

Fantastic interview, Aaron! While Pebbles and I certainly don't plan to go full-bore Goblins Forest → Longs → below treeline by 15:00 this year, the info is very much appreciated, especially by those of us whose backcountry skills may be more than just a little rusty.

Thank you! ~ Bamm

[Janine]

Aaron, on 17 August 2009 - 08:15 PM, said:

I think the one I'm liking is the Bear Keg....haven't bought one yet, but that's the one I'm leaning towards.

--Aaron

My husband would be liking the Beer Keg. Are they bear-proof ?

Edited by Wyldfyre63, 09 September 2009 - 08:20 AM.

[Aaron]

Wyldfyre63, on 09 September 2009 - 08:18 AM, said:

My husband would be liking the Beer Keg. Are they bear-proof ?

I think the tap would be the weak spot. They may have a short stint being bear proof. But if the bears figure it out they won't be motivated to do much harm to you

--Aaron

[DeeCeeM]

Wyldfyre63, on 09 September 2009 - 08:18 AM, said:

My husband would be liking the Beer Keg. Are they bear-proof ?