Food and Bears in ONP

Look up on their site for your "planned" camps. They should list which ones have bear wires (basically a clip and pulley system) if not call the ranger station. A lot of the below Alpine areas have a bear wire or you can hang your food PCT method from the trees. Bear cans are technically required in the alpine region, even though there is still trees in most of Washington's alpine regions. Usually I hang or now-a-days the miracle of the URsack. Some rangers aren't fond of the URsack, but hang it properly and you'll be fine. They aren't as stringent as some parks except on the coastal region. It also depends which ranger you get at the ranger station, some really even hate you hanging your food, but you are allowed to. MOST all rangers at the Olympics are great and nice folks though.

Many areas (particularly on the coast) require a can, everyplace in the park requires bear-resistant storage of some kind. The biggest issues is raccoons, who have figured out how to defeat some bags. Rangers are all pretty good folks but in my experience quite liberal in handing out tickets to any unprepared campers. Take a look at info here:

http://www.ohranger.com/olympic/news/2009/olympic-national-park-introduces-new-bear-canister-requirements