Need bear can advice

Matt,

I have a 13″ Bearikade that I won’t be using for the next month since I’m in the Grand Canyon, I’d be willing to lend it to you.  You seem like a genuine fellow from your posting history, but since you haven’t been around so long I hope you won’t be offended if I ask for F&F payment for the value of it (say $250?), that I’ll refund less my postage cost when I get it back safely no later than mid-Oct?   I’m in Bozeman MT, UPS is open this afternoon, we’d have to figure out a 100% sure shipping method & destination.

Ralph

You could rent one from the NPS:

https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/bearcanrentals.htm

“You could rent one from the NPS”

Indeed you can but only if you’re able to show up at a Wilderness Permit office during the hours they’re open and you will exit close to one of the Wilderness permit offices to return the canister.

Ralph, sent you a PM

You could take your BV450. If you supply at Tuolumne you should be able to get to VVR in 4 days at 20 mi/day. I’ve gotten 5 days in my BV450 without too much struggle. At that pace you should get to Whitney Portal in 6-7 days. If I remember correctly, from VVR or MTR until around Woods Creek crossing you don’t need a bear can so you could hang any food that won’t fit in your BV450.

Also, if you take 6 days from VVR to WP you could do this.

-VVR pick up 5 days resupply

-MTR is about 20 mi south of VVR so you could get another day’s worth of food at MTR from hiker buckets and leave MTR with 5 days worth of food which would get you to WP.

Ralph’s offer is very generous, I hope you two work something out. To your question about resale, just check Gear Swap listings and you’ll see that Bearikades sell within hours or even minutes of posting for high % of new cost.