Be Bear Aware
Follow these guidelines to make your hike and camp safer. They are for your protection and for the preservation of the bear, a true sign of wilderness.
Careless food storage or feeding spells death for bears. Allowing a bear to obtain human food, even once, often results in aggressive behavior. An aggressive bear is a threat to human safety and must be killed. Do not allow bears or other wildlife to obtain human food. Help keep bears wild and humans safe!
Food Storage Regulations
All backpackers are required to follow food storage regulations. Hanging food is not permitted in GTNP below 10,000 ft. in elevation. When backpacking below 10,000 ft. all food, garbage, toiletries and any odorous item that may attract a bear, must be stored in an Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC) approved bear-resistant food canister when not in immediate use, day and night. Bear canisters are available for use in the park for free at backcountry permitting locations.
Approved Bear-proof Storage Canisters
The following food storage canisters are currently approved by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee. GrandTetonNationalPark’s new canister requirement program will authorize the use of any of these and any canisters approved by IGBC. Each of these canisters has been tested in the USFS Missoula lab and at the GrizzlyDiscoveryCenter with bears.
Backpacker Model 812-C
Garcia Machine
14097 Ave. 272
Visalia, CA93292
Phone: 559-732-3785
Website:
Customer Service: gmachine@psnw.com
BearVault BV350, BV400
Website:
Phone: 866-301-3442
The Bear Keg
Counter Assault
120 Industry Court
Kalispell, MT59901-7991
Phone: 406-257-4740 or 800-695-3394
FAX: 406-257-6674
Website:
The Bare Boxer Contender
Golf City Products
9614 Cozycroft Ave. Suite D
Chatsworth, CA91311
Website:
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Never approach a bear.
Never feed a bear.
Stay 300 feet (1 football field) from bears at all times.
