Along a Pacific Crest Trail thru hike (and many other hiking destinations in the US) a bear can is required to store your food so that BEARS and other animals don't get into it.

Bear cans mostly suck. They are hard to open, annoying to use, heavy, and cumbersome. But they do serve an important purpose in high traffic areas to keep wildlife wild.

Along the PCT you will need one for the Sierra Nevada Mountains, including Kings Canyon, and Yosemite National Park. They are also required around Lake Tahoe in Desolation Wilderness, and later on in Lassen Volcanic National Park should you want to camp in these places. Most will hike through the later two areas in a single day to avoid this regulation, but in other places that is not possible.

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Bear cans are required between these miles heading northbound
Sierra:
753 763
779 807
929 997
Desolation:
1095 1117
Lassen:
1344 1364

I have been asked many times, and have seen many struggle trying to use the hard ridged canister in frameless ultralight backpacks, especially so on the PCT just this year! I hope this video helps all those in the future who want to adventure in places that do have these regulations. The Olympic National Park along the Pacific Northwest Trail comes to mind!

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