bear canister

Trail Safe Storage in the Backcountry

Trail Safe Storage in the Backcountry

When you’re deep in the backcountry, it is essential that you carry some sort of bear canister or protection for your food. I have learned to carry a BearVault, which...

May 21, 2025 : Brainstorm
Bear Can Flies Off Cliff

Bear Can Flies Off Cliff

Vandeventer shelter perches, a little off kilter, amid rocks on a narrow ridge with steep cliffs on both sides.

Apr 30, 2025 : Anniversary and The Historian
George’s PCT 2025 Gear List

George’s PCT 2025 Gear List

While I’m doing tourist things around the city, I’ve put together a gear list for y’all to have a look at!

Mar 30, 2025 : George Gristina
Night 2: Choosing The Bear

Night 2: Choosing The Bear

I got into my sleeping bag very early, while it was still light. There was plenty of space for other hikers to pitch tents if they came along later in...

Aug 21, 2024 : Jane Boxall
Food Storage for 8 Days: Bear Bag vs. Bear Canister

Food Storage for 8 Days: Bear Bag vs. Bear Canister

Y'all, I really wanted an Ursack bear sack over a bear cannister, and until the very last moment, I thought that was the way I'd go.

May 19, 2024 : Myrt, a Yoga Sister
5 mistakes from the PCT

5 mistakes from the PCT

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. I really wouldn’t change much about my PCT thru hike this year. But I did do a few stupid things involving becoming too friendly with...

Dec 29, 2022 : Rachel McVittie
The Case for Bear Canisters on the Appalachian Trail

The Case for Bear Canisters on the Appalachian Trail

Incidents of bears obtaining food from AT campsites are increasing. Several campsites in the mid-Atlantic have been closed, and a bear that frequently visited an AT campsite was euthanized in ...

Feb 6, 2020 : Cosmo
Gear Review: BearVault BV450

Gear Review: BearVault BV450

If I could use the BV450 only as a bear canister, I might find it hard to justify the weight, but I have used in so many other ways that...

Jul 13, 2017 : John Edward Harris
Trail Advice For A Newbie On The JMT

Trail Advice For A Newbie On The JMT

However, I have been able to get a little mountain fix by giving some trail advice to a friend who is just departing on the John Muir Trail (JMT). I...

Jul 25, 2016 : Jean Taggart