From the Colorado Trail Foundation: Bears, Critters, and Food Storage on the CT
It’s always interesting to see how different trail organizations approach food storage. Longer trails often pass through areas managed by several different organizations including the National Park Service, USFS, and BLM. This can make it very difficult to create a concise food storage plan for thru-hikers. Luckily, if you’re thinking about hiking the Colorado Trail, the […]
Featured In Backpacker Magazine: Is It Time to Retire the Bear Hang for Good?
Here at BearVault, we love when people ask good questions that challenge the status quo. That’s exactly what Dan Hu, author for Backpacker Magazine, did in his newest piece “Is It Time to Retire the Bear Hang for Good?“ In more and more places across the United States and Canada, land managers and folks recreating […]
What is Grizzly coexistence?
More than 100,000 grizzly bears once roamed western North America. By the 1920s, the United States were only left with isolated clusters or island populations and far fewer grizzly bears. Today, grizzly bears in the lower 48 have been reduced to 2 percent of their historic range, with most grizzlies persisting near the US/Canada border, […]
BearVault Meal Plans
As I started thinking about the 2022 season, I wanted to create some new meal plans to help with a huge and important part of any trip planning: the food. MONTyBOCA currently has a nice selection of meal plans for differing lengths of trips and styles of eating at outdooreats.com but it was time to explore some […]
Bear Canisters and the Continental Divide Trail
The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDT) stretches across the United States from the deserts of New Mexico to the snow-capped mountains of Glacier National Park. The CDT is a community connector that is often used for thru-hiking, as well as day and overnight adventures. If you’re new to backpacking, check out our comprehensive guide! There are […]
Saving Wildlife From Our Food
As more people venture into the outdoors, properly protecting our food and other scented items is becoming more important than ever. It’s a popular belief when camping in the backcountry that we protect our food from wildlife for our own benefit—but in this video, BearVault owner Tracy Twist explains that this is just half the […]
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