Originally Posted by
PatmanTN
The ATC Sweat crews often use electric fences in the GSMP, usually around the group cook area (never seen them use one big enough to put tents inside). Though, to be honest, they have told me that sometimes a bear gets past them anyway (happened at the Cosby Knob crew camp just south of the shelter, back in 2010 as I recall). But in my experience, the Cosby bears are educated, acclimated to people, and persistent. That was the first place I ever saw a bear raise up and shake the cables to try and get food bags to fall off.