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As the title suggests...does it have one?
The shelters are at odd locations for our hike, but if we hit PM, will have one day less of rope strining.
I never noticed any bear boxes in Pa. The guys I was hiking with were nice enough to guard my food from critters by sleeping near it in the shelters. I hammocked nearby (except in the picture at left, when we did an overnighter at the Winter Warmer hosted by The Doyle Hotel in Duncannon - one of my favorite town spots along the AT).
pnkwolfe
10-24-2012, 08:35
I believe not.
Moose2001
10-24-2012, 14:13
nope. No bear boxes in PA
I forget the name of the shelter off hand but I thought I saw a bear box at the first shelter north of the Susquehanna river.
Blissful
10-24-2012, 21:13
Just bear bag it, no big deal. :) Easy to do.
I believe that there is one at the Quarry Gap shelter.
I forget the name of the shelter off hand but I thought I saw a bear box at the first shelter north of the Susquehanna river.
Yes, there is one at the Clarks Ferry Shelter. Last month I put my food in it and a bear had not eaten it by the next morning. Now that is a testimonial, right there!
Strategic
10-25-2012, 17:03
No bear box at Peter's Mountain. There is one at Quarry Gap and at Clark's Ferry. There are metal bear poles at Birch Run and Toms Run. Other than those, I don't know of a PA shelter with anything more food-safety-oriented than a mouse trapeze. You usually won't need more in PA anyway; the bears and other wildlife along the AT corridor is used to hunting and pretty wary of humans, especially around shelters. If I'm away from a shelter I just hang the food bag at about 10'-15' and never have any trouble.
I forget the name of the shelter off hand but I thought I saw a bear box at the first shelter north of the Susquehanna river.
Clarks Ferry Shelter has a bear box as well as Quarry Gap Shelter
SkeeterPee
06-17-2016, 19:32
Was there in May 2016 and there are Bear Boxes now.