Hard to believe, but here’s a food bag a bear cannot penetrate. Amazing.
No worries at all about rodents and other pesky varmints.
Ursack - bear-resistant containers
A 10.5 litre Ursack is now in stock in a gear shop in my town for about US$65. Price seems a tad steep. But I’ll likely get one before my next major hike. This is a big improvement over the sturdy kayak bag I use now to hold food.
You can also buy an aluminum liner for extra protection, but the weight is prohibitive, I feel. (For example, “the Ursack TKO 2.0 weighs 6.2 ounces. The aluminum liner adds 14.2 ounces.”)
The Ursack alone sounds like it will turn away all but the most persistent bear.
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Miles Erickson // Mar 6, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Had my Ursack mauled by a grizzly bear for about 5 minutes up in Alaska. It survived.
Cheers
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